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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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Richmond Police Chief, Involved in Chris Brown Case, Resigns
Officials wouldn’t say whether the allegations about R&B singer Chris Brown’s community service had any bearing on Bryan Norwood’s departure.
February 13, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Detroit OKs Furloughs Equal to 10% Wage Cut
The decision comes one day after the Financial Advisory Board, which oversees portions of Detroit's consent agreement with the state, imposed furlough days on about 600 unionized employees.
February 13, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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North Carolina Gov. McCrory Supports Bill to Stop Medicaid Expansion
A Republican measure to prevent major components of the federal health care law from taking effect in North Carolina will almost certainly be approved after Gov. Pat McCrory endorsed the effort.
February 13, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Compromise Bill Would Increase, Instead of Nix, Virginia Gas Tax
The measure approved by a 9 to 6 vote in the Senate Finance Committee would increase the gas tax — instead of eliminating it, as the governor had planned — and use more general fund sales tax revenue to eventually raise $900 million a year.
February 13, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$65 million
The amount of money Texas has spent since 1992 compensating innocent people who were imprisoned. Texas pays more than any other state to the wrongfully convicted and a recently introduced bill would raise the rates even more.
February 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
When you start talking about connected cars, people think of the Jetsons and say 'that's crazy.' But we know it's close to reality.
Kirk Steudle, director of the Michigan Department of Transportation, referring to connected vehicles technology, which allows automobiles to wirelessly communicate their position to one another to avoid collisions. The federal government has been studying the technology for years, but some say new federal Wi-Fi projects could jeopardize its future.
February 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Inmates up for Reduced Sentences After Change in '3 Strikes' Law
Three months after voters overwhelmingly softened California's tough three-strikes law and allowed many inmates sentenced for non-serious and nonviolent offenses to ask for shorter prison terms, the hearings are beginning.
February 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ohio Schools Audit: 9 Districts Rigged Student Data
A statewide attendance investigation shows that nine Ohio school districts manipulated their student data, perhaps in an attempt to inflate their state report-card grades, and the findings are being turned over to federal officials.
February 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Obama to Issue Cybersecurity Order, Sources Say
The executive order would establish a voluntary program in which companies operating critical infrastructure would elect to meet cybersecurity best practices and standards crafted, in part, by the government.
February 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Hackers Issue Emergency Zombie Alert in Montana
The Great Falls Police Department said it has not yet been called to investigate who hacked into a local television station’s emergency alert system and reported “dead bodies rising."
February 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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