Hannah Kane is a

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who represents the 11th Worcester District in the

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. She represents the towns of

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and

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. Kane serves as the Ranking Minority on the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy and the Joint Committee on Public Health, and as a member on the House Committee on Ways and Means, and the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. She also serves as a Shrewsbury Town Meeting Member, and as president of the Shrewsbury Public Schools Foundation.

Career

Kane graduated from

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in 1993. She owns Beaton Kane Construction with her predecessor in the House, Matt Beaton. She previously worked at the insurance company Unum, and at the quasi-public state agency MassDevelopment, where she was the director of marketing and product development. Upon her return to the private sector, Kane worked in the field of consulting.

Personal life

She is married to James Kane, the chairman of the Shrewsbury Board of Selectman, and has three children. Kane resides in Shrewsbury.

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