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Caroline Cournoyer

Senior Web Editor

Caroline Cournoyer -- Senior Web Editor. Caroline covered federal policy and politics for CongressNow, the former legislative wire service for Roll Call, has written for Education Week's Teacher Magazine, and learned the ins and outs of state and local government while working as an assistant editor at WTOP Radio.

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Abortion Heightens Medicaid Standoff in Arizona
Democrats are growing frustrated over Gov. Jan Brewer’s struggle to get her Medicaid-expansion proposal into the Legislature and say efforts to appease reluctant Republican lawmakers with anti-abortion legislation threaten their support.
May 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Gov. Corbett's Drug-Test Remark Raises Complex Issues
Was Gov. Corbett correct when he said Pennsylvania employers "can't find anybody that . . . has passed a drug test"?
May 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Minnesota Gov. Dayton Lobbies for Gay Marriage
Gov. Mark Dayton is intensifying pressure on legislators to legalize same-sex marriage this year.
May 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Madigan Predicts Pension Overhaul Will Pass Illinois Legislature -- and Court
The house speaker suggests taking 2 percent more from worker paychecks over two years, raising the retirement age to 67 for younger workers and scaling back cost-of-living increases.
May 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Camden Schools Won't Fight State Takeover
The Camden Board of Education voted to endorse a state takeover of the school district, saying it was in the "best interest of the children."
May 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Oregon Governor Signs Bill Giving Driver Cards to Undocumented Immigrants
Hours after the bill was signed, leaders of Oregonians for Immigration Reform said they plan to file paperwork to place a referendum challenging the law on the November 2014 ballot.
May 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Gov. Branstad Claims His Healthy Iowa Plan Costs Less Than Medicaid
Gov. Terry Branstad’s office contends in a document that poor Iowans could wind up paying more for health care if Medicaid is expanded than they would if the state adopts the governor’s health plan.
May 01, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Should States Have to List Minors on Sex-Offender Registries?
Government authorities should end the practice of placing juveniles' names on publicly accessible sex-offender registries, Human Rights Watch says in a report warning of lasting and unwarranted harm to some youths.
May 01, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Gunmakers Leave States with New, Strict Laws
Arms manufacturers in at least two states with strict new gun laws are making good on their promise to move their operations -- along with thousands of jobs and millions in tax revenues -- to locales they deem friendlier to the industry.
May 01, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Fracking-Ban Bills Advance in California
The bills call for a moratorium to allow more time to study the impacts of hydraulic fracturing, which involves blasting a mix of chemicals and water deep underground.
May 01, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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