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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.

Indiana Leading States in Support of Gay Marriage Bans
The state's attorney general, however, said that he is not arguing against same-sex marriage as much as he is advocating that states should be able to make their own decisions.
March 25, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Is Boston's Weight-Loss Goal Too Ambitious?
Last April, Mayor Thomas M. Menino challenged Bostonians to lose a collective 1 million pounds in a year’s time. Only 904,303 to go. By April 23.
March 25, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Christie to Announce State Takeover of Camden Schools
Camden will become the fourth urban district under state control in New Jersey but will be the first takeover initiated by Gov. Chris Christie.
March 25, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Study: Halfway Houses Don't Reduce Recidivism Like Previously Thought
A groundbreaking study is casting serious doubt on the halfway-house model, concluding that inmates who spent time in these facilities were more likely to return to crime.
March 25, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
The food environment makes healthy eating like swimming upstream.
Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, who says that in order for the masses to lose weight, places serving food must adopt smaller portions, healthier options and calorie labeling.
March 25, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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The number of states that allow same-sex civil unions, most recently of which was Colorado last week. Nine other states plus the District of Columbia allow same-sex marriage.
March 25, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Colorado Joins 5 States with Same-Sex Civil Unions
Colorado became the sixth state to allow civil unions for same-sex couples when Gov. John Hickenlooper signed the legislation Thursday. Another nine states and the District of Columbia allow same-sex marriage.
March 22, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Microsoft Discloses Law Enforcement Requests for Customer Data
Microsoft disclosed for the first time the number of requests it had received from government law enforcement agencies for data on its hundreds of millions of customers around the world
March 22, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Strict Gun Law Upheld in Maryland
Gov. Martin O’Malley, Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler and grass-roots groups supporting stricter gun control hailed the decision, saying that it places Maryland on firm legal ground as the Legislature looks to tighten gun laws further.
March 22, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Chicago to Close More Than 50 Schools
That comes to nearly 13 percent of all elementary and middle schools in the district.
March 22, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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