Senior reporter, Washington bureau
Jennifer covers the nation’s capital as a senior reporter for States Newsroom. Her coverage areas include congressional policy, politics and legal challenges with a focus on health care, unemployment, housing and aid to families.Before joining States Newsroom, Jennifer covered Congress for CQ Roll Call for more than six years. As a budget and appropriations reporter, she tracked the annual federal funding process as well as disaster aid and COVID-19 spending. Jennifer is originally from northern Pennsylvania and holds degrees in journalism and political science from Penn State University. After graduating, she began her journalism career as a reporter for The Daily Times in Maryland where she covered local and state government. Jennifer then moved to Washington, D.C. to work as a web producer at Politico.
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In a statement, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) called the invasion “a barbarous military assault from a deranged autocrat.”
The U.S. House passed a bill Tuesday night that would keep the U.S. government up and running through March 11; the Senate is expected to act soon.
The Biden administration is preparing to ship COVID-19 vaccines to states, should the FDA approve an emergency use authorization for kids under 5.
The National Governors Association winter meeting was the first time in two years the bipartisan group met in the nation’s capital.