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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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Philadelphia Officials Vote to Close 23 Schools Amid Protests
The vote capped a long series of protests, rallies, and public outcries against what appears to be one of the largest mass school closings in the nation's history.
March 08, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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GOP Gov. Brewer Works to Sell Her Party on Medicaid Expansion
For some Republican lawmakers, the cost of supporting their governor’s top legislative priority this year may be too great.
March 07, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Historic School-Funding Case Heads to Colorado Supreme Court
The suit alleges the state's current school-funding system fails to provide a "thorough and uniform" system of education as outlined in the Colorado Constitution.
March 07, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Death Penalty Likely to be Repealed in Maryland
The Maryland Senate voted to repeal the death penalty after four days of emotional debate, moving the state closer to becoming the sixth in as many years to abolish executions. The House is expected to approve the measure.
March 07, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Study: States with More Gun Laws Have Fewer Gun Deaths
States with the most laws had a mortality rate 42 percent lower than those states with the fewest laws, according to the study.
March 07, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Idaho Abortion Law Struck Down
A federal judge has struck down Idaho's law banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy based on beliefs held by physicians and others that the fetus is able to feel pain at that point.
March 07, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Arkansas Adopts Nation's Strictest Abortion Law Despite Gov. Beebe's Veto
Lawmakers in the Republican-dominated legislature defied Gov. Mike Beebe, overriding his veto of the now law that bans the procedure from the 12th week of pregnancy.
March 07, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Detroit Mayor Bing Won't Try to Block Emergency Financial Manager
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing said Wednesday he won't contest Gov. Rick Snyder's decision to appoint an emergency financial manager for the devastated city he leads, saying the City Council can appeal if it wants to, but it's "a fight we cannot win."
March 07, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Los Angeles Mayoral Race Headed to May Runoff
Two veterans of Los Angeles politics, Councilman Eric Garcetti and Controller Wendy Greuel, pushed ahead of six other candidates in initial election returns Tuesday and appeared to be well-positioned to advance to a May runoff to become the city's next mayor.
March 06, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Cory Booker Reflects on Newark's Recent Improvements in State of the City
It was Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s second-to-last State of the City address, but could easily have been the first campaign speech of his 2014 U.S. Senate run.
March 06, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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