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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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Some Governors Want to Tie Higher Ed Funding to Employable Grads
Republican governors in at least three states are pushing to link funding for universities to graduates’ success finding jobs, saying schools need to provide students with the skills employers demand.
March 13, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Study: Voter ID Laws Hurt Young Minorities
As a handful of state legislatures around the country consider enacting stricter voter ID laws, a new study finds that young people – and especially young minorities – are disproportionately affected by those laws when they go into effect.
March 13, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Detroit Makes Final Effort to Avoid Emergency Financial Manager
City officials made a last-ditch effort to stave off a state takeover in an hour-long hearing Tuesday morning.
March 13, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Lt. Gov. Decides Against Independent Bid for Virginia Governor
Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling announced that he would not run for governor as an independent, ending a months-long tease that threatened to shake up an unpredictable race.
March 13, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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George P. Bush to Run for Texas Land Commissioner
He's hoping to use a little-known but powerful post to continue his family's political dynasty in one of the country's most conservative states.
March 13, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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45 State Officials Have Ties to Fracking Industry in Pa.
Many of the state's policymakers and regulators have come from or go straight to jobs in the oil and gas industry they oversee, according to a report that questions the impacts of such a "revolving door" on public policy decisions.
March 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Florida Lawmakers Reject Medicaid Expansion Despite Governor's Approval
A Florida Senate committee voted against Medicaid expansion, joining the House in rejecting Gov. Rick Scott's proposal for a three-year trial covered entirely by federal funding.
March 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Campaign Spending More Than Triples in Wisconsin
Boosted by both a U.S. Supreme Court decision and the bitter recall fights, spending on state and federal campaigns in Wisconsin more than tripled between the 2006 and 2008 election cycles and the 2010 and 2012 election cycles, a new report found.
March 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Gun Bills Pass Colorado Senate, Head to House
The Senate passed five bills Monday — two House bills that must go back to the House, two Senate bills that must go to the House and a House bill that now goes to Gov. John Hickenlooper's desk.
March 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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2 Iowa Counties Destroy Public Gun Records
The public will never know and authorities can never check to see if applicants in O’Brien or Woodbury counties were honest when they applied for permits to carry weapons.
March 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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