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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.

Who Said That
There’s a reason that most of the great presidents were governors. It’s the job most like president.
Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour.
February 25, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
Less than 10 minutes
The average 911 response time in Pontiac, Mich., compared to an hour before the police department was disbanded in favor of a contract with the Oakland County Sheriff's Office. The change by the city's emergency financial manager is saving it more than $2 million a year.
February 25, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
The White House's Breakdown of Sequestration's Impact on Every State
A 50-state sampling of budget cuts outlined by the White House for just this year.
February 25, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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How Emergency Financial Managers Changed Michigan
As Detroit braces for the appointment of an emergency manager, it can look at half a dozen municipalities to see how life has changed under these state-appointed advisers who take control of cities on the brink of bankruptcy.
February 25, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Supreme Court to Weigh States’ Rights vs. Voting Rights
At issue is Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which requires all or part of 16 states to get any changes to election law pre-approved by the feds.
February 25, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Chicago Considers Boosting Sex Education
The policy would make CPS the largest urban U.S. school district with a required minimum of sex ed instructional minutes and a specific curriculum for each grade level.
February 25, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Phoenix Schools Take Innovative Funding Steps
Schools are getting more inventive, including one that relies on an NBA team to pay salaries.
February 25, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Controversial New Jersey Program Offers Court-Monitored Treatment for Mentally Ill
A new program in the state now gives judges the authority to order those with severe mental illness to get outpatient treatment if they pose a danger “within the reasonably foreseeable future.”
February 25, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Scott Walker's Tax Cut Would Help Top 20% the Most
The top 20% of Wisconsin households -- those making more than $90,000 a year -- would take home more than half of all of Gov. Scott Walker's proposed income tax cut, which he's touted as a "middle-class tax cut."
February 25, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Maryland Police DNA Case Heads to U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday over whether to restrict police in collecting DNA to solve crimes.
February 25, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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