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A 2008 report by the Better Government Association and National Freedom of Information Coalition ranked Massachusetts 43rd out of the 50 US states in government transparency. It gave the state a grade of "F", based on the time, cost, and comprehensiveness of access to public records. [ 25 ]
The governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the chief executive officer of the government of Massachusetts. The governor is the head of the state cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the commonwealth's military forces. Massachusetts has a republican system of government that is akin to a presidential system.
Most of the county governments were abolished by the state of Massachusetts beginning in 1997 including Middlesex County, [397] the largest county in the state by population. [398] [399] The voters of these now-defunct counties elect only Sheriffs and Registers of Deeds, who are part of the state government. Other counties have been reorganized ...
The treasurer and receiver-general of Massachusetts is an elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of the U.S. state of Massachusetts.Originally appointed under authority of the English Crown pursuant to the Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company, the office of treasurer and receiver-general (commonly called the "state treasurer") became an elective one in 1780.
Massachusetts Attorney General official website; Office of the Attorney General, hdl:2452/35664. (Various documents). Massachusetts Attorney General articles at ABA Journal; News and Commentary at FindLaw; Massachusetts General Laws at Law.Justia.com; U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - "Cases with title containing: State of Massachusetts" at FindLaw
The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.The Senate comprises 40 elected members from 40 single-member senatorial districts in the state.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is a governmental agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts [1] with various responsibilities related to public health within that state. It is headquartered in Boston and headed by Commissioner Robbie Goldstein, MD, PhD .
Before the current State House was completed in 1798, Massachusetts's government house was the Old State House on what is now Washington Street. For the building's design, architect Charles Bulfinch made use of two existing buildings in London: William Chambers's Somerset House, [8] and James Wyatt's Pantheon. [9]