Caroline Cournoyer

Recent Articles

• Competition for Montana Supreme Court Seat Heats Up
• Jan 13, 2012
• District Judge Laurie McKinnon, who was named judge of the year in 2010, has announced that she’s joining the race to take retiring Justice James Nelson’s seat.

• Colorado Governor Delivers State of the State
• Jan 12, 2012
• Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper touched on a host of divisive issues in his State of the State address today, including the budget, economy and civil unions.

• Woodbridge Housing Authority Is First to Turn to Wind Energy
• Jan 12, 2012
• The agency in Woodbridge Township, N.J., is using wind energy to save more than $6 million and keep greenhouse gases out of the air.

• Energy, Pipeline Policies Center Montana Governor's Race
• Jan 11, 2012
• Mont. state Sen. Larry Jent, who's trailing behind his challenger in campaign fundraising, may be turning the tide of what's so far been a quiet gubernatorial race.

• Montana Lawmakers Want to Save Supreme Court Ballot Measure
• Jan 11, 2012
• In Montana, a group of voters are trying to strike a measure from the June primary ballot and a group of Republican lawmakers want permission to stop them.

• States Consider Following Calif.'s Suit and Banning Tanning
• Jan 10, 2012
• Several states may soon join California, which at the start of this year became the first state to make it illegal for teenagers to use cancer-causing tanning beds.

• Conn. Gives Private Medicaid Insurers the Boot
• Jan 9, 2012
• The “insurance capital of the world” is only the second state to assume the health program’s financial responsibility in the last decade.

• Mass. Scrambles to Fund Health Coverage for Legal Immigrants After Ruling
• Jan 6, 2012
• The Bay State's highest court ruled that all eligible legal immigrants must get the option of low-cost subsidized health insurance.

• Utah Legislator to Consider Charging Medicaid Users for Smoking
• Jan 5, 2012
• A Utah state lawmaker wants to make Medicaid users who smoke pay higher co-payments. If enacted, it might be the first law of its kind.

• A Library for Helping Limited English Speakers
• Jan 5, 2012
• This online Language Portal holds thousands of government documents designed to help people who speak limited to no English.

• Mich. Program Gets Prisoners Out of Costly Isolation Cells
• Jan 2, 2012
• Some states are putting prisoners in isolation at increasing rates. A Mich. penitentiary program that has caught the attention of other states is looking to do the opposite.

• Legislative Issues to Watch in 2012
• Dec 30, 2011
• These nine topics will shape debate in state legislatures in 2012.
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• The Best Government Ideas of 2011
• Dec 22, 2011
• Governing reviewed all its Idea Center entries throughout 2011 to share a select few for their unique approach to common problems.

• Former Utah House Speaker Resigns to Run for Congress
• Dec 20, 2011
• A few resignations are passing through the Utah Legislature this month. The reason? State law bars lawmakers from fundraising for public office during the legislative session, which is just around the corner.

• Wyo. Reality TV Show Aims to Get Kids Outside
• Dec 19, 2011
• "Wyoming's Call of the Wild" aims to get more kids interested in hunting, fishing and other outdoor pursuits.