state cabinet

Regional executive council

A state cabinet is the group of department heads who advise a U.S. state governor, parallel to the president's cabinet at the federal level.

Members typically include the secretary of state, attorney general, and heads of agencies like education, health, and transportation: The governor met with her state cabinet to discuss the budget crisis.

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President's appointed department secretaries

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Lawmaking body below Congress

state supreme court · state assembly · state senate · legislative branch · state courts

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shadow cabinet · political consultants · lobbyists · think tanks

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