Massachusetts |
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| Area | 10,555 square miles |
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| Population | 6,349,097 | |
| Major Cities and their Mayors | Boston (609,023) Thomas M. Menino |
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| State Capitol (Seat of government) | Boston |
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| Governor | Deval Patrick |
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| U.S. Senators | Brown, Scott P. - (R) |
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| U.S. House of Representatives | John W. Olver (D) |
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| Secretary of State | William Francis Galvin | |
| Attorney General | Martha Coakley | |
| State Assembly Representatives |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives |
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| State Counties | Barnstable County |
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| State Supreme Court | Chief Justice:
Margaret H. Marshall |
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| First Circuit Court of Appeals - Boston | Chief Judge Hon. Sandra L. Lynch Senior Circuit Judges: |
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| Major Newspapers | Boston Boston Globe, Boston Herald |
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| Major television networks | ABC: Needham:WCVB (Ch. 5), Springfield:WGGB (Ch. 40) CBS: Boston:WBZ (Ch. 4) Independent: Boston:WABU (Ch. 68), Boston:WSBK (Ch. 38) NBC: Boston:WHDH (Ch. 7), Springfield:WWLP (Ch. 22) PBS: Boston:WGBH (Ch. 2), Springfield:WGBY (Ch. 57) |
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| Local issues | Failing healthcare system. | |
| Landmarks/images | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Compound http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longfellow_National_Historic_Site (For almost fifty years, it was the home of noted American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. For a time, it had previously served as the headquarters of George Washington.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Hall,_Harvard_University (Massachusetts Hall is the oldest surviving building at Harvard College, the first institution of higher learning in the English colonies in America, and second oldest academic building in the United States.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Webster_Law_Office (Statesman, legal scholar, and orator Daniel Webster championed the Union throughout his multifaceted career. His famous Senate proclamation against nullification still rings loud and clear: "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable." Webster used this one-room clapboard building as his natural history library and law office.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_National_Historical_Park (Preserves the home of Presidents of the United States John Adams and John Quincy Adams...) |
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| 2010 Senate and House races | [To be posted] | |
| Download call sheet | You can download a call sheet for your praye/spiritual work, when you sign up to adopt a state. (It's free) | |
| Download fact sheet | You can download this fact sheet when you adopt the state. | |
| Visualizations | You can have access to view some visualizations online, when you sign up to adopt a state. There are also two DVDs you can purchase with higher quality video visualizations of all the U.S. States that you can use in your services and prayer work. |
