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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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Chicago's Homicide Rate Falling
After a rough 2012 with more than 500 homicides, violence in the first quarter of 2013 fell 42 percent from a year earlier.
April 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Feds Accuse Oregon of Segregating Disabled in Sheltered Jobs
Oregon unlawfully segregates people with disabilities in sheltered workshops instead of providing them more work opportunities in the public midst, federal authorities allege.
April 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Marijuana Accidents Spur Calls for Childproof Packaging in Colorado
When medical marijuana became legal in Colorado and federal officials backed off prosecution, Children's Hospital Colorado had 14 emergency-room visits by kids who had ingested marijuana.
April 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New Jersey is 3rd State to Ban Teens from Tanning Beds
California and Vermont both ban the use of tanning beds for children under the age of 18.
April 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Judge Overturns Colorado Election Law
The law required that petition circulators be paid on an hourly basis, rather than on a by-signature basis. Critics argued it made it more difficult for citizens to place a measure on the ballot.
April 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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13 States Seek Contraceptive Exemption to Obamacare
Thirteen attorneys general believe any employer who says he or she objects to contraception should not have to provide contraceptive coverage.
April 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Washington State's Abortion Debate Counters the Conservative Trend
The state is is now debating a law that would require health insurers to pay for an elective abortion.
April 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Connecticut Leaders Agree on Nation's Strictest Gun Control Bill
The bipartisan deal would strengthen the state's existing ban on semiautomatic assault rifles to include weapons such as the Bushmaster AR-15 used by Adam Lanza to kill 20 first-graders and six women at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
April 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Georgia Town Votes to Require a Gun in Every Home
Backers of the newly adopted ordinance requiring gun ownership in a small north Georgia town acknowledge they were largely seeking to make a point about gun rights.
April 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Bucking National Trend, Atlanta's Public Transit Ridership Declines
Unlike most public transit systems in the United States, last year, MARTA continued a downward spiral in declining ridership.
April 01, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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