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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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This is the Year for Immigrant Driver's Licenses, Say California Advocates
For fourteen years, proponents have pushed bills unsuccessfully to grant driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants. But a changing political climate gives this year's measure a fighting chance to become state law, supporters say.
January 23, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Amazon Fails to Collect New Taxes in Georgia
Georgia shoppers at Amazon.com still aren’t paying sales tax, three weeks after the start of a state law designed to snag the money from the world’s biggest online retailer.
January 23, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Feds Joins Landmark Case Against New Jersey over Sports Betting
The United States Justice Department joined the nation's professional and collegiate sports leagues in challenging New Jersey's attempt to legalize sports wagering in Atlantic City casinos and the state's four horseracing tracks.
January 23, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Nebraska Gov. Heineman OKs Keystone Pipeline
Gov. Dave Heineman has approved the rerouted Keystone XL oil pipeline path, which would move oil from Canada to Texas, putting the final decision squarely in the lap of President Barack Obama’s administration.
January 23, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Future Uncertain for Arrested Nevada Lawmaker Who Threatened Another Lawmaker
After telling a legislator that the Assembly Speaker's "first day as speaker would be her last," Steven Brooks is free on bail, though some lawmakers are already discussing the possibility of preventing him from serving in the 2013 legislative session.
January 22, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
He flew up like a jack-in-the-box and ran out of the room and slammed the door.
Maine state Rep. Jeff Evangelos, referring to Gov. Paul LePage who reportedly stormed out of a meeting with three independent House members last week after calling them "idiots."
January 22, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
78%
The portion of students in the United States who graduated from high school on time in 2010 -- the highest rate since 1976.
January 22, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New Legislatures Revisit In-State Tuition for Immigrants
While President Barack Obama pushes an overhaul of the country’s federal immigration laws, states are likely to decide whether undocumented immigrants should get in-state tuition.
January 22, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Colorado Judge: Clerks Can Send Ballots to Inactive Voters
The decision comes in a case where Secretary of State Scott Gessler sued Denver County Clerk and Recorder Debra Johnson in 2011 for sending mail ballots to such so-called "inactive" voters.
January 22, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California's Mendocino County Fighting with Feds over Marijuana Laws
Mendocino County is fighting efforts by federal prosecutors to get records on medical marijuana growers who signed up for a program intended to sanction their businesses under state law.
January 22, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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