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The Government of Illinois, under the State of Illinois Constitution, has three branches of government: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. The State's executive branch is split into several statewide elected offices, with the Governor as chief executive and head of state, and has numerous departments, agencies, boards and commissions.
The Illinois state government has numerous departments, but the so-called code departments provide most of the state's services. [1] [2] Code departments.
Variant form(s) Weaver, Webbe, Webster, Webber, Webe: Webb is an English and Scottish surname meaning weaver of cloth. Notable people with the surname "Webb" include
Pages in category "State agencies of Illinois" The following 57 pages are in this category, out of 57 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The governor is also the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. Since becoming a state in 1818, 43 people have served as governor of Illinois; before statehood, it had only one territorial governor, Ninian Edwards. The longest-serving governor was James R. Thompson, who was elected to four terms lasting 14 years, from 1977 to 1991.
The Illinois General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois, has convened many times since statehood became effective on December 3, 1818. Legislatures [ edit ]
The basic subdivisions of Illinois are the 102 counties. [2] Illinois has more units of local government than any other state—over 8,000 in all. [3] The Constitution of 1970 created, for the first time in Illinois, a type of "home rule", which allows localities to govern themselves to a certain extent. [4]
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