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Government of Massachusetts
The form of
Massachusetts government
is provided by the
Constitution of the Commonwealth
. The
legislative power
is exercised by the bicameral
General Court
, composed of the
Senate
and
House of Representatives
. The executive power generally is exercised by the
Governor
, along with other independently elected officers, the
Attorney General
,
Secretary of the Commonwealth
, and
Auditor
. The judicial power is reposed in the
Supreme Judicial Court
, which superintends the entire system of courts.
Cities
and
towns
also act through local governmental bodies that possess only the authority granted to them by the Commonwealth over local issues, including limited
home rule
authority. Most
county
governments were abolished in the 1990s and 2000s, although a handful remain.
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