Government of Massachusetts

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public authority state government

The Government of Massachusetts is the state-level political and administrative authority responsible for creating and enforcing laws, managing public services, and overseeing governance within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Aliases (14)

Massachusetts state government ×19
Commonwealth of Massachusetts ×4
Massachusetts government ×2
Massachusetts state agencies ×2
government of Massachusetts ×2
Executive branch of Massachusetts ×1
Executive branch of the Government of Massachusetts ×1
Massachusetts EEC ×1
Massachusetts Gaming Commission ×1
Massachusetts authorities ×1
Massachusetts executive agencies ×1
Massachusetts executive branch agencies ×1
government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay ×1
state government of Massachusetts ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public authority → state government →
appliesLegalSystem	common law →
appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction	all municipalities in Massachusetts →
budgetaryAuthorityOver	Massachusetts state agencies →
capital	Boston →
constitutionalDocument	Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts →
country	United States of America →
deputyExecutiveHeadTitle	Lieutenant Governor →
executiveBranch	Executive branch of Massachusetts →
executiveHeadTitle	Governor →
follows	federalism in the United States →
governmentForm	representative democracy → republican government →
hasPart	Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts → Massachusetts Appeals Court → Massachusetts Executive Council → Massachusetts General Court → Massachusetts House of Representatives → Massachusetts Senate → Massachusetts Trial Court → Office of the Governor of Massachusetts → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts →
headOfGovernment	Governor of Massachusetts →
highestCourt	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts →
judicialBranch	Judiciary of Massachusetts →
jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Massachusetts →
legislativeBody	Massachusetts General Court →
legislativeBranch	Legislative branch of Massachusetts →
legislatureName	Massachusetts General Court →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Boston →
lowerHouse	Massachusetts House of Representatives →
oversees	Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education → Massachusetts Department of Public Health → Massachusetts Department of Transportation → Massachusetts State Police →
partOf	political system of the United States →
responsibleFor	administration of justice in Massachusetts → public education policy in Massachusetts → public health administration in Massachusetts → regulation of state-chartered corporations in Massachusetts → state budget of Massachusetts → state environmental regulation in Massachusetts → state transportation infrastructure in Massachusetts → state-level taxation in Massachusetts → statewide law enforcement policy →
seatOfGovernment	Massachusetts State House →
subdivisionType	state government in the United States →
upperHouse	Massachusetts Senate →
usesLegalCode	Massachusetts General Laws →

Referenced by (64)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality ("Massachusetts state government") → Cabinet of Massachusetts → Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education (ex officio, non-voting) ("Massachusetts state government") → DHE ("Massachusetts state government") → Executive Office of Education of Massachusetts → Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs → Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs of Massachusetts → Executive Office of Health and Human Services of Massachusetts → Executive Office of Public Safety and Security of Massachusetts → Judiciary of Massachusetts → Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts ("Massachusetts state government") → Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission ("Massachusetts state government") → Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education ("Massachusetts state government") → Massachusetts Bureau of the State House → Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources → Massachusetts Department of Children and Families ("Massachusetts state government") → Massachusetts Department of Correction ("Executive branch of the Government of Massachusetts") → Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care ("Massachusetts state government") → Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game → Massachusetts Department of Public Health ("Massachusetts state government") → Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities ("government of Massachusetts") → Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance → Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities → Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities ("Massachusetts state government") → Massachusetts General Court → Massachusetts Governor's Council → Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles ("Massachusetts state government") → Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation → Massachusetts colonial legislature ("government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay") → Massachusetts state legislature → Office of the Governor of Massachusetts →	partOf
Massachusetts Department of Correction → Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care → Massachusetts Department of Transportation → Massachusetts Turnpike Authority ("Commonwealth of Massachusetts") →	parentOrganization
Division of Administrative Services ("Massachusetts government") → Grand Staircase (Massachusetts State House) ("Massachusetts state government") → Memorial to the Legislature of Massachusetts ("Massachusetts state government") →	associatedWith
Code of Massachusetts Regulations ("Massachusetts executive branch agencies") → Massachusetts → Office of Preparedness and Emergency Management ("Massachusetts state government") →	governingBody
Bureau of Family Health and Nutrition ("Massachusetts state government") → Philip W. Crosby ("Commonwealth of Massachusetts") →	employer
Cabinet of Massachusetts ("state government of Massachusetts") → Code of Massachusetts Regulations ("Massachusetts state government") →	jurisdiction
DESE → Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education →	parentAgency
Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care ("Massachusetts EEC") →	alsoKnownAs
Massachusetts state legislature →	branchOf
Office of the Governor of Massachusetts →	category
Wonders of the Invisible World ("Massachusetts authorities") →	commissionedBy
Government of Massachusetts ("Executive branch of Massachusetts") →	executiveBranch
Harborwalk ("Massachusetts state agencies") →	governedBy
Governor of Massachusetts ("Massachusetts executive agencies") →	hasAuthorityOver
Governor of Massachusetts ("Massachusetts state government") →	hasJurisdiction
Massachusetts Attorney General ("Massachusetts state government") →	isPartOf
The Council →	memberOf
Massachusetts Turnpike ("Commonwealth of Massachusetts") →	ownedBy
EEC ("Massachusetts state government") →	parentAgencyLevel
Encore Boston Harbor ("Massachusetts Gaming Commission") →	regulator
Massachusetts House of Representatives ("Commonwealth of Massachusetts") →	salaryPayer
Massachusetts Turnpike Authority ("government of Massachusetts") →	subordinateTo
Code of Massachusetts Regulations ("Massachusetts state agencies") →	updatedBy
Great Hall of Flags ("Massachusetts government") →	usedBy