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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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Texas Pays Most for Wrongful Convictions
For a state perhaps best known as the leader in executing murderers, Texas now has another distinction: It is the most generous in compensating those who were wrongly locked up.
February 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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U.S. Labor Dept. Threatens to Withhold Unemployment Insurance Funds from Pennsylvania
The commonwealth has often underperformed so profoundly in the timely handling of unemployment insurance forms and other matters, according to the feds, that the federal government may consider sanctions that would restrict budget money to the state.
February 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Child Services Deleted Details of Children's Deaths in Tennessee
Someone at the Department of Children’s Services who prepared documents for The Tennessean deleted large portions in the media’s copy of state child fatality records — removing information that should have been made public.
February 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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The Politics of Wisconsin's Declining Union Membership
In Wisconsin, membership in public-sector unions plummeted in the aftermath of the hugely controversial Republican measure that wiped out most collective bargaining for public employees and made it far harder for their unions to operate.
February 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Immigrant Tuition Bill Gets Oregon Gov. Kitzhaber's Support
Gov. John Kitzhaber, Rep. Michael Dembrow and several Oregon business leaders threw their support behind a tuition equity bill that would grant in-state university tuition rates for undocumented Oregon high school graduates who meet certain criteria.
February 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
That book made my son a Republican.
Idaho state Sen. John Goedde, who introduced a bill to require every high school student to read Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged and pass a test on it to graduate.
February 11, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
7%
The portion of legal Hispanic immigrants who were eligible for citizenship in 2011 but chose not to seek it because they don't want to become U.S. citizens, according to a new Pew Center study.
February 11, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Lacks Doctors to Meet Federal Health Law's Demand
California, the nation's earliest and most aggressive adopter of the federal health-care overhaul, doesn't have enough doctors to treat a rush of newly insured patients. To avoid a doctor shortage, lawmakers in California -- and other states facing the same problem -- are working on altering what health professionals may do.
February 11, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Colorado's THC University Holds 1st Pot Growing Class
The sold-out class offered students the basics of growing marijuana at home.
February 11, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Chicago's Bike Lane Plans Come to a Screeching Halt
The Illinois Department of Transportation won't allow protected bicycle lanes to go on state-designated routes until it is satisfied they are safe.
February 11, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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