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The state has an open-meeting law enforced by the attorney general, and a public-records law enforced by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. [24] 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.
Massachusetts is the sixth-smallest state by land area. With over seven million residents as of 2020, [ note 1 ] 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. Massachusetts was a site of early English colonization.
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.
Massachusetts Republicans have submitted a formal request with the state's government for information on the alleged "$1 billion in secret migrant crisis spending" as the Bay State grapples with ...
An enlargeable map of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Names Common name: Massachusetts. Pronunciation: / ˌ m æ s ə ˈ tʃ uː s ɪ t s / ⓘ Official name: Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Abbreviations and name codes Postal symbol: MA; ISO 3166-2 code: US-MA; Internet second-level domain: .ma.us; Nicknames Baked Bean State [1] The Bay ...
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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.
August 26, 2024 at 8:39 AM. The Massachusetts state primary election is Sept. 3, with early voting running through Friday, Aug. 30. Winners of the primary election will be placed on the general ...