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The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency (MassDevelopment) was created in 1998 under Chapter 23G of the Massachusetts General Laws, [1] which merged the Massachusetts Government Land Bank with the Massachusetts Industrial Finance Agency. Both a lender and developer, MassDevelopment works with businesses, nonprofits, financial institutions ...
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.
Thomas H. Buckley, the final chairman of the commission, was the state's first commissioner of administration and finance. [5] In 1969, the state legislature passed a bill introduced by Governor John A. Volpe and backed by his successor, Francis Sargent , that reorganized the state government under a cabinet-style system.
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.
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education ( DESE ), sometimes referred to as the Massachusetts Department of Education, is the state education agency for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, identified by the U.S. Department of Education. [3] It is responsible for public education at the elementary and secondary levels.
2. Education. Boston College ( BA) Suffolk University ( JD) Suzanne M. Bump (born February 18, 1956) is an American politician who served as Massachusetts State Auditor from 2011 to 2023, the first woman elected to this role in the state's history. She is also a former State Representative and state Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development.
Map of Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol district, based on the 2020 United States census. Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol district is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate. [1] It covers portions of Bristol, Plymouth, and Norfolk counties. [2]
Massachusetts is the sixth-smallest state by land area. With over seven million residents as of 2020, it is the most populous state in New England, the 16th-most-populous in the country, and the third-most densely populated, after New Jersey and Rhode Island. The state's capital and most populous city, as well as its cultural and financial ...