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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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Virginia House, Senate Stake Out Different Transportation Plans
The House and Senate staked out starkly different fixes for Virginia’s transportation funding crisis but were taking the first steps toward hashing out a deal.
February 14, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Seattle’s New Paid Sick Leave Law Under Attack
State Senate Republicans, who have already proposed repealing the state’s never-implemented family-leave requirement, are now targeting Seattle’s law requiring businesses to provide paid sick leave to workers. Seattle is one of three major cities in the United States to have the law.
February 14, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Drone Privacy, Research Bills Introduced in Arizona
Arizona lawmakers are bidding to make the state a center for aerial-drone research, but they also want to make sure local police don’t use the unmanned surveillance aircraft to spy on Americans.
February 14, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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On Eve of Obama's Visit, Atlanta Mayor Reed Announces Run for Re-Election
There had been recent speculation that he would join the Obama administration or pursue another government position.
February 14, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Detroit Mayor Bing Vows to Fix Finances in State of the City
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing said that he will remain focused on restoring the city's financial health, laying out an agenda to improve the city's troubled neighborhoods, encourage business investment and attack the city's spike in homicides.
February 14, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Wisconsin's Scott Walker Proposes Cutting, Not Expanding, Medicaid
Instead of accepting the Medicaid expansion and the billions of federal dollars that would come with it, the governor proposed an ambitious plan to cut the number enrolled in the state Medicaid program by moving some people into the federal-run health exchange, where they can get private insurance.
February 14, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
States are the laboratory of democracy.
Gov. John Hickenlooper, who told the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources that Colorado offers a national model for regulating natural gas production -- an area he said states should take the lead on.
February 13, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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The provisional rate of marriages per 1,000 people performed in Nevada in 2010 -- by far the most of any other state. Mississippi had the lowest marriage rate that year.
February 13, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Early Retirement Incentives Making a Comeback
Several municipalities offered early retirement incentives to public workers last year. What impact such incentives have on budgets and services, however, is up for debate.
February 13, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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$2,000 Fine for Driving and Texting Proposed in Oregon
Two bills in the Legislature would increase the maximum penalty for using a cellphone while driving, the highest profile effort among a number of legislative attempts to rewrite the rules of the road.
February 13, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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