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Officials say that AI tools will assist, not replace, agency staff and will operate under the state’s Responsible AI Policy.

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Maura Healey broke new ground as the first woman and first openly gay candidate elected governor in Massachusetts, but her ...

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A custom app blocks TikTok, Instagram and games during school hours — and alerts administrators when students try to get ...

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Source: Governing calculations of 2015 and 2016 one-year Census American Community Survey estimates. Note that one-year estimates have high margins of error for ...

Governments can’t always do all the things they want to do. When their resources are stretched too thin, or when the public determines they don’t want government involved in a particular area -- ...

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