✕

Internet Explorer 11 is not supported

For optimal browsing, we recommend Chrome, Firefox or Safari browsers.
GOVERNING Avatar Logo

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.

Archive
How School Choice Has Reshaped Arizona
Arizona is one of the nation’s leading states in letting families choose where and how their children are educated, according to the Center for Education Reform, a Washington, D.C., education think tank that ranks Arizona sixth in the country for school choice.
May 01, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Dunes Coming to New Jersey Whether Citizens Consent or Not, Christie Says
Some property owners are refusing to give the federal government access to their property. And Gov. Christie isn’t happy about that.
May 01, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Patients' Right-to-Know at Heart of Wisconsin Debate
A state Supreme Court ruling led to a bill now before the Legislature to change the state law on what doctors must tell their patients.
May 01, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Arizona AG OKs Bisbee's Civil-Union Changes
Arizona's attorney general withdrew his threat to sue the small city of Bisbee, Ariz., after its lawyers agreed to rewrite a controversial ordinance recognizing same-sex couples to remove rights that he said were reserved for married couples under state law.
May 01, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Boston Pay Phones to Offer Free Wi-Fi
Free Wi-Fi Internet access will soon be broadcast from 16 existing pay phones in Boston.
May 01, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Supreme Court Rules States Can Restrict Access to Public Records
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld the Virginia Freedom of Information Act provision allowing state and local governments to deny record requests from out-of-state residents.
April 30, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Mass Layoff Rapid Response Team Eliminated in Tennessee
The elimination of the unit, which had been in operation for about a decade, comes despite the strong protest of some members of a state workforce advisory board.
April 30, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Tennessee DCS Provides New Plan to Investigate Child Deaths
DCS is under a federal court order to revise its system for investigating child deaths after DCS lawyers had acknowledged that they had miscounted just how many children had died under the watch of the agency.
April 30, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
New York May be 1st State to Raise Cigarette Age to 21
Following New York City's lead, state lawmakers have taken up the cause to raise the minimum age for cigarette purchases from 18 to 21 statewide.
April 30, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
FBI Investigating Relationship Between Virginia Gov. McDonnell, Donors
FBI agents are conducting interviews about the relationship between Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell, his wife, Maureen, and a major campaign donor who paid for the food at the wedding of the governor’s daughter, according to four people familiar with the questioning.
April 30, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Load More
gov-footer-logo-2024.png
GT-footer-logo.png
II-footer-logo.png
NAV-footer-logo.png
CDG-footer-logo.png
CDE-footer-logo.png
CPSAI-footer-logo.png
EM-footer-logo.png