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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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Rahm Emanuel Urges Cities to Divert Pension Funds from Gun Makers
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he was asking all city pension funds -- and mayors across the country -- to examine whether they have investments in assault weapons manufacturers and sellers as the first step toward getting them to divest any such holdings.
January 21, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Mayors to Grade Gun Manufacturers on Public Safety
Amid a nationwide push for new gun regulations, members of the National Conference of Democratic Mayors have decided to launch an initiative grading gun manufacturers on their compliance with public safety goals. The companies that are least supportive may find it harder to sell their wares to police departments across the country.
January 21, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Report: California Prisons Not Ready to End Court Oversight
A court-appointed monitor said that Gov. Jerry Brown's quest to end judicial oversight in state prisons is "not only premature, but a needless distraction" from improving care for mentally ill inmates.
January 21, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Arizona Gov. Brewer Softens Tone on Illegal Immigration
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who has earned a reputation as one of the nation’s most ardent hard-liners on illegal immigration, is noticeably softening her tone on the issue.
January 21, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Feds: Undocumented Immigrants' Eligible for Driver's Licenses
The Department of Homeland Security updated guidelines for Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that are intended to end months of debate about whether undocumented immigrants who receive federal work permits through the program are eligible for state-issued driver’s licenses.
January 21, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
1 in 10
The portion of public schools set to close in the District of Columbia, in response to low enrollment and growing competition from charter schools. Former D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee already closed 23 schools in 2008.
January 18, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
We make over $100,000 and we don’t pay a nickel in state income taxes. That’s representation without taxation. That’s wrong.
A retiree in Kentucky, whose testimony that him and his wife make over $100,000 between their pensions and Social Security checks prompted state lawmakers to consider a proposal to increase taxes for seniors.
January 18, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Yelp, San Francisco Partner to Publicize Health Inspection Data
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced on a partnership with Yelp, a popular restaurant review website, to link the city's restaurant health score data and to standardize health score data nationwide.
January 18, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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States' New Target for Tax Increases: Seniors
Lawmakers are starting to wonder whether the tax breaks for seniors have become so generous that they threaten the sustainability of state revenue streams.
January 18, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Virginia GOP Blocks Dems' Repeal of Abortion Law
Senate Republicans thwarted an effort by Democrats to repeal a law to require women to undergo an ultrasound before getting an abortion.
January 18, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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