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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 is known for its progressive politics, and is a stronghold of American Liberalism and the Democratic Party. In a 2018 Gallup poll Massachusetts was the state with the highest percentage of its population identifying as liberal and the lowest percentage identifying as conservative, at 35% and 21% respectively.
In the five years leading up to the 2011 pension overhaul, the COLAs’ price tag jumped from $62.9 million to $104 million for retired teachers. For retired state workers, it went from $43.6 ...
How much you pay for these expenses will vary widely from state to state — for example, the average annual cost of housing for a retiree ranges from $7,822 in West Virginia to $36,608 in Hawaii.
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 ...
Steven Grossman (born February 17, 1946) is an American businessman and former Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts [1] and candidate for Governor of Massachusetts. Grossman previously served as chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party from 1991 to 1992, president of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) from ...
The Internal Revenue Service announced record-high maximum annual contributions to 401 (k) and similar retirement accounts for 2023. Workers who have a 401 (k), 403 (b), most 457 plans, and the ...
The 171st Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1979 and 1980 during the governorship of Edward J. King. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and Thomas W. McGee served as speaker of the House. [4] In 1980, the General Court voted to establish the ...