WOW.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasurer_and_Receiver...

    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.

  3. Massachusetts State Auditor - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_State_Auditor

    Massachusetts State Auditor. The state auditor of Massachusetts is an elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Twenty-six individuals have occupied the office of state auditor since the office's creation in 1849. The incumbent is Diana DiZoglio, a Democrat .

  4. Government of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Massachusetts

    Massachusetts shares with the five other New England states the New England town form of government. All land in Massachusetts is divided among cities and towns and there are no unincorporated areas, population centers, or townships. Massachusetts has four kinds of public-school districts: local schools, regional schools, vocational-technical ...

  5. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_the...

    The secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a 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 secretary of the Commonwealth (equivalent to "secretaries of state" in other U.S. jurisdictions) became an elective one in 1780.

  6. Massachusetts Attorney General - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Attorney_General

    www .mass .gov /ago. The Massachusetts attorney general is an elected constitutionally defined executive officer of the Massachusetts government. The officeholder is the chief lawyer and law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The officeholder also acts as an advocate and resource for the Commonwealth and its residents in ...

  7. Politics of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Massachusetts

    The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is often categorized politically as progressive and liberal. All of the state’s U.S. representatives and senators are Democrats. Democrats also form the large majority of the state’s legislature, though the state has a history of electing Republican governors.

  8. Massachusetts Department of Correction - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Department...

    The Massachusetts Department of Correction is responsible for the custody of about 8,292 prisoners (as of January 2020) throughout 16 correctional facilities and is the 5th largest state agency in the state of Massachusetts, employing over 4,800 people (about 3,200 of whom are sworn correctional officers). The Massachusetts Department of ...

  9. Commonwealth (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_(U.S._state)

    Commonwealth is a term used by four of the 50 states of the United States in their full official state names: Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. " Commonwealth" is a traditional English term used to describe a political community as having been founded for the common good, and shares some similarities with the Latin phrase "res publica" ('the public thing') from which ...