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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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Death by Fentanyl: Nevada Tries New Execution Method
Nevada plans to carry out the first execution using fentanyl, a drug at the heart of the US opioid epidemic, on Wednesday.
July 11, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump Cuts Obamacare Outreach Funding, Again
The Trump administration is cutting most of the funds previously provided to groups that help people get health insurance under the Affordable Care Act and will push them to promote plans lacking the law’s benefits and protections, a government agency said on Tuesday.
July 11, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Food Stamp Work Requirements Would Force States to Provide Job Training. Many Aren’t Ready.
The House version of the food-stamp-to-work program Congress is considering this week would require recipients to enroll in job training programs if they can’t find work — but in many states, those programs won’t be fully available for at least another decade.
July 11, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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How Algae Problems Are Impacting Election-Year Politics
Environmental protection quickly is becoming a big issue in the 2018 election as more toxic algae blooms slime estuaries, kill sea life and choke coastal Florida communities with foul air.
July 11, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Abortion Alert: New York Governor Urges Lawmakers to Protect Roe v. Wade
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order on Monday with the aim of protecting access to contraceptives for women in New York. At the same time, he called on the state Senate to reconvene to pass a bill that would make Roe v. Wade protections state law.
July 10, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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If Roe v. Wade Is Reversed, 22 States Poised to Ban Abortion
What would the U.S. look like without Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that legalized abortion nationwide?
July 10, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
She bled out and took her last breath right there in front of me. That was the first time I was like, man, this job is real.
Gary Schuelke, a police watch commander in San Bernardino, Calif., on the first time he responded to a homicide. The victim was a 13-year-old girl.
July 10, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$500,000
Taxpayer dollars the state of Texas has paid anti-abortion advocates to help defend its abortion restrictions in federal court. Of the 21 advocates, judges disregarded the testimony of six.
July 10, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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As Trade War Begins, Kansas Governor Backs Trump
Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer on Friday backed President Trump's efforts to reach better trade agreements with other countries as the United States launched a trade war with China that has alarmed some farmers.
July 10, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Colorado Governor's Race: Congressman Polis Taps Ex-State Lawmaker for Running Mate
Fresh off a victory in a Democratic gubernatorial primary in which he campaigned on universal health care, U.S. Rep. Jared Polis tapped a cancer foundation executive and former state lawmaker to be his running mate.
July 10, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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