By Bob Katzen
“We have an opportunity to make our state the best place in the world for collaborative and responsible AI innovation. The Massachusetts AI Hub draws from our state’s existing strengths, including our unparalleled innovation ecosystem, world-class universities, highly skilled talent and revolutionary spirit, to advance transformative technologies and power economic opportunity for all.”
—Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll on the Healey administration’s launch of the Massachusetts AI Hub, a groundbreaking effort to make Massachusetts a national leader in artificial intelligence innovation.
“To best support our students, we know that we need to help them get both to and through college. We’ve made progress in making it more affordable for students to enroll in college, and this program will now lift barriers that arise on the way to graduation, especially for first-generation college students who cannot draw on a parent’s experience to navigate earning a degree.”
—Gov. Maura Healey on her administration awarding $14 million to support student success programming at Massachusetts’ nine state universities.
“We are honored and thrilled with this recognition, which celebrates the extraordinary work of our designers, engineers, planning and community outreach employees who are making our bicycling infrastructure more robust and our transportation network more inclusive. Bicycling offers amazing physical and mental health benefits and it helps make the transportation sector greener and cleaner. For anyone who wants to pursue more bicycling, it is very clear that Massachusetts is an exceptional place to do it.”
—Bay State Transportation Secretary and CEO Monica Tibbits-Nutt on the Bay State being ranked second in the nation on the League of American Bicyclists’ 2024 list of Bicycle Friendly States.
“The ‘A’ grade that Massachusetts received from the GiffordsLaw Center is representative of the work that we have done to ensure that the commonwealth will continue to have the lowest gun death rate in America. I’m incredibly proud of the historic gun safety law that the Legislature passed earlier this year, legislation that I hope can be a model for other states going forward.”
—House Speaker Ron Mariano (D-Quincy) on the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence naming Massachusetts the safest state in the country for having the lowest rate of gun deaths.