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Cook briefly served as the acting attorney general of Massachusetts on January 5, 2023, for a few hours in the morning after Maura Healey resigned to become Governor of Massachusetts but before her swearing in at noon. She resigned at noon to become Healey's chief of staff.
Maura Tracy Healey (born February 8, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 73rd governor of Massachusetts since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as Massachusetts Attorney General from 2015 to 2023 and was elected governor in 2022, defeating the Republican nominee, former state representative Geoff Diehl.
The governor has far-reaching political obligations, including ceremonial and political duties. The governor also signs bills into law and has veto power. The governor is a member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council, a popularly elected council with eight members who provide advice and consent on certain legal matters and appointments. [3]
Healey is the first governor able to take advantage of a provision of the 2020 policing reform law allowing the State Police colonel to be hired from outside of the department's current ranks ...
The governor's comments took direct aim at the CEO of the for-profit hospital company, which is facing severe financial challenges. Twin crises: Healey expresses dismay over Steward hospital ...
Healey is the latest leader to throw her support behind the “skills-based hiring” revolution, which is quickly catching fire across both governmental institutions and the private sector.
In 2009, Ms. Healey was appointed as President of Chicago 2016, where she was responsible for locally leading Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Healey held several senior positions for the City of Chicago under the administration of mayor Richard M. Daley, most recently as Daley's Chief of Staff.
PHOENIX — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey became the first elected female governor of her state last year, and one of the first two openly lesbian women elected governor anywhere in the U.S.