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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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Under Federal Oversight, New York City Cracks Down on Lead Paint in Public Housing
Mayor de Blasio on Monday announced a massive new campaign to definitively figure out once and for all the true scope of the lead paint problem in the city's public housing.
July 10, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Accused of Harassment, Indiana AG Refuses Calls to Resign and Denies Wrongdoing
Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill, in prepared comments read before journalists Monday morning, said his reputation has been "dragged through the gutter."
July 10, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Charged With Battery, Ohio Mayor Resigns
Longtime Mayor Joseph Migliorini resigned on Monday, citing an incident outside a Florida restaurant in April when he was charged with misdemeanor battery.
July 10, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Medicaid Expansion's Fate Up to Courts as Maine Lawmakers Sustain Governor's Veto
The Maine House sustained Republican Gov. Paul LePage's veto of a funding bill for Medicaid expansion Monday, handing him another victory in his long campaign to stifle expansion of the program to another 70,000 Mainers.
July 10, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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How the Janus Ruling Could Undercut Private-Sector Unions Too
A Supreme Court ruling last month that said public sector workers can't be forced to pay fees to unions they don't want to join could squeeze overall union revenue, limiting organized labor's ability to champion a variety of progressive causes that affect private sector workplaces as well, some labor experts say.
July 10, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California 'Sanctuary' Lawsuit Dismissed by Federal Judge
A federal judge dismissed the Trump administration's lawsuit against California's "sanctuary state" law on Monday. The decision marks a major victory for California in its ongoing battle with the federal government.
July 10, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Black, Female and Serving the Public: A Conversation With the Lawmaker Fighting Statehouse Discrimination
Ohio Rep. Emilia Sykes gets stopped by security trying to enter her place of work. She wants others to share their stories of prejudice.
July 09, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
10,497
Number of fatal alcohol-impaired driving crashes in 2016, which is the highest since 2009.
July 09, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I wasn’t sentenced to death. Don’t let me die in here.
Terry Riggleman, a prisoner who has filed one of the first class-action lawsuits against a state prison system for not treating inmates with hepatitis C, a potentially fatal liver disease which he has. A cure is available -- for the cost of $40,000 to $90,000 per inmate -- but at least 144,000 inmates are not offered it.
July 09, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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There's a Cure for Deadly Hepatitis C, But 144,000 State Prisoners Aren't Getting It
State prisons across the U.S. are failing to treat at least 144,000 inmates who have hepatitis C, a curable but potentially fatal liver disease, according to a recent survey and subsequent interviews of state corrections departments.
July 09, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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