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Jan covers national politics as well as healthcare and education policy from the Washington, D.C. bureau. She previously was the higher education reporter for the Globe, where her work has won the National Headliner Awards. She was also a finalist for the Livingston Awards for Young Journalists in 2010 and 2008.
Under pressure from the insurance industry, the Obama administration decided not to adopt features of the Mass. plan advocates say have helped consumers.
The bill would require handgun manufacturers to personalize their weapons to make them impossible to fire if they fall into the wrong hands.
May 12
New members get the message quickly or they’re gone. It’s a fact of life in a gridlocked capital.
Republican senators staged a surprise boycott of a committee meeting and stalled the confirmation of President Obama’s nominee, Mass. native Gina McCarthy.