Students still have time to fill out their FAFSA forms in Massachusetts, state education officials said at Tuesday’s Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meeting, but should plan on doing so “as soon as possible” to navigate around the chaotic rollout of federal changes to the form.
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Mass. emergency shelter residents limited to nine months in system after Healey signs bill
Massachusetts emergency shelter residents will only have a maximum of nine months in the system after Gov. Maura Healey signed legislation Tuesday that also hands her administration a much-needed cash infusion to pay for struggling services.
Media News Group sues OpenAI, Microsoft
By Ethan Baron ebaron@bayareanewsgroup.com The Mercury News and seven other newspapers sued Microsoft and OpenAI on Tuesday, claiming the technology giants illegally harvested millions of copyrighted articles to create their cutting-edge “generative” artificial intelligence products including OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot. While the newspapers’ publishers have spent billions of dollars to send “real people to […]
Migrants helping fill ‘well-documented worker shortage’ in Massachusetts, Healey says
An influx of migrants into Massachusetts has helped fill a “well-documented worker shortage,” Gov. Maura Healey said Tuesday during a speech to leaders of some of the region’s largest and most influential businesses.
Editorial: Benefits of police body cameras well worth the expense
In the nationwide atmosphere of heightened scrutiny on the performance of police officers, the Lowell Police Department launched a body-camera pilot program last April that equipped 30 officers – 10 on each shift – with those devices. As part of this initial introduction, then-interim Police Superintendent Barry Golner said the plan was to rotate the […]
State water employees pay fines for accepting free ski trips, Sox tickets
Massachusetts water employees pay fines for accepting free ski trips, Red Sox tickets, rooftop drinks at The Envoy Hotel
