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Fully KeptClimate

Submit an executive order creating the nation's first Cabinet-level climate chief reporting directly to the governor.

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Fully KeptFact-checker reviewConfidence: 98%

Independently verified across multiple real, live sources. On her first full day in office (January 6, 2023), Governor Healey signed Executive Order 604 establishing the Office of Climate Innovation and Resilience within the Office of the Governor and creating a Cabinet-level Climate Chief, appointing Melissa Hoffer. The position sits within the Governor's Office and reports directly to the governor, and multiple outlets (Mass.gov, Insurance Journal, CommonWealth Beacon, Boston Globe) confirm it was the nation's first cabinet-level state climate chief / 'first of its kind in the country.' This matches the promise essentially in full. The rating is fair under a party-neutral standard: an unambiguous day-one executive action that plainly delivered the promised outcome would earn FULL for a politician of any party.

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