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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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Amazon Fights Old Ally eBay over Online Sales Tax
Amazon is now fighting eBay in an all-out civil war in the U.S. Senate, where a bill to set national sales tax standards for online retailers is up for debate.
April 24, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Kansas' Kobach: Immigration Bill Would Ease Terrorists' Path
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach told a Senate panel in Washington that a pending immigration reform bill could make life easier for terrorists like the alleged bombers of the Boston Marathon.
April 24, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Watered-Down Homeless Bill of Rights Advances in California
Citing the need to ensure equal treatment for indigent Californians, lawmakers advanced a homeless rights bill that they said has been narrowed to assuage the concerns of businesses and city governments.
April 24, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Critics Call for Ban on New Micro-Apartments in Seattle
The new, tiny unites aren’t required to provide any parking and avoid design and environmental review as well as notice to neighbors that usually is required for big, multifamily projects.
April 24, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Berkeley Accidentally Discloses City Employees' SSNs
A Berkeley municipal staff member mistakenly disclosed the social security numbers of everyone who works for the city while responding to a public records request, and the city recently sent a letter to staff informing them of the error.
April 24, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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No Fracking in Sight, Florida Aims to Regulate an Industry That's Not There
No one knows if Florida is going to be the next frontier for the new generation of oil and gas drilling known as fracking, but state legislators say — just in case — it’s time to write rules to require disclosure of the controversial technology.
April 24, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Christie's Plan to Restrict Video Games Would Likely be Overturned
The U.S. Supreme Court says video games are a form of speech protected by the First Amendment, and experts say the governor’s proposal would likely be zapped in court.
April 24, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Will Ex-Montana Gov. Schweitzer Replace Baucus?
Now that veteran Sen. Max Baucus (D), the two-term governor who left office in January is the prospect national Democrats are hanging their hopes on in the now-open Montana Senate race.
April 24, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Nevada Reconsidering Its Gay Marriage Ban
Following more than an hour of riveting and personal floor speeches -- during which one state senator publicly announced for the first time he is gay -- the Nevada Senate voted 12-9 to begin the process of repealing the gay marriage ban from the state constitution.
April 23, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ex-Felons May Have to Wait 5 Years to Vote (If At All) in North Carolina
A bill would require people convicted of felony crimes to wait five years upon the completion of their sentence, probation or parole before they could attempt to re-register to vote. First, though, they would have to get affidavits from two registered voters attesting to their “upstanding moral character” and get the unanimous approval of their local board of elections.
April 23, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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