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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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Oil Revenue Fuels Fighting Among Alaska Legislators
A 2007 oil production tax increase has helped the state save up $17 billion. But now Republicans want to roll back the hike to lure more business.
April 01, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Maryland Raising Stakes in Casino Wars with Delaware and West Virginia
For years, casinos in West Virginia and Delaware siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars in gambling revenue from Marylanders. Now Maryland is poised to win back increasing numbers of those gamblers — and their millions.
April 01, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Gov. Pence Pushes Controversial Healthy Indiana Plan to Expand Medicaid
If Washington doesn’t agree to allow the state to alter Medicaid to fit the Healthy Indiana Plan — which could happen — Medicaid would not be expanded and the state would forgo $10.5 billion in federal aid through 202
April 01, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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'Gabby's Bill' to Protect Mentally Ill in Jeopardy in Arizona
Legislation to protect the mentally ill and the public, including a bill — unofficially called Gabby’s Law — to better identify and respond to people in crisis, could be in trouble as state lawmakers enter final deliberations on non-budget-related bills.
April 01, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
D.C. Government Judges Fighting to Unionize for the 1st Time
Now a group of city administrative law judges is seeking to organize for the first time, and the months-long effort has generated frustration among union advocates who think Mayor Vincent C. Gray has failed to match his pro-labor rhetoric with action.
April 01, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Teachers Fear Speed of New Pay Plan in Florida
Teachers have serious issues with the complicated new formula that will be used to evaluate them and determine pay raises.
April 01, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Hazleton a Test Case for GOP's Immigration Stance
The Pennsylvania city presents a test case of whether the party risks leaving behind a critical part of its core constituency: white working-class voters for whom illegal immigration stirs visceral reactions.
April 01, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Online Voter Registration a Rare Spot of Bipartisan Peace
A wave of states -- both red and blue -- in recent years have moved to allow residents to register online and the pace is quickening today as many more are debating the issue.
April 01, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Atlanta School Officials to Start Turning Themselves In
The first of almost three dozen indicted educators are expected to walk through the doors of the Fulton County Jail Monday to be processed as accused felons related to alleged cheating on standardized test scores and the covering up of those actions.
April 01, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Gov. McCrory’s Proposal to End Political Funding Program Would Hurt Democrats
Republican Gov. Pat McCrory is proposing to do away with a volunteer taxpayer check-off program that helps subsidize the political parties, a move more likely to harm the Democrats than the GOP.
March 29, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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