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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.

New York Poised to Pass 1st Post-Newtown Gun Bill
The legislation broadens the state's definition of banned assault weapons, increases penalties for those convicted of illegal gun possession and creates a statewide database for gun permits.
January 15, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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GOP Arizona Gov. Brewer Surprises Party on Medicaid Expansion
In her fifth State of the State speech, Gov. Jan Brewer detailed how she opposed what's been dubbed "Obamacare,'' but she said the reality is that it's not going away.
January 15, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Smokers Need Not Apply: Government Hiring Bans
Governments argue that no longer hiring smokers would free up some much-needed funds.
January 14, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$5 million
The amount in federal grants given to states last year -- even though $125 million was appropriated -- so they could create databases of people who are legally barred from buying guns, including the mentally ill. More than half the states have yet to provide mental health records for gun background checks.
January 14, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
You can tell a story with statistics, but ... it makes us seem like we're just sitting there looking out the window doing nothing.
Dr. Gary Kushner, a children's dental program director of a local health department in North Carolina, which was recently ranked in the bottom five of states for school-based dental sealant treatment programs.
January 14, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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North Carolina Among the Worst for Children's Dental Health
A new study puts North Carolina in the bottom five of states for school-based dental sealant treatment programs, considered the most effective way to give at-risk children a shot at growing up with healthy teeth.
January 14, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Most States Fail to Provide Gun Background Check Info
More than half of the states don't take part in a federal database that tracks mentally ill people who are legally barred from buying guns.
January 14, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Juvenile Justice Reforms to be Considered in Georgia
State lawmakers will consider changes to the state’s juvenile justice system, which costs $300 million a year but has had a poor success rate in keeping Georgia’s wayward teenagers from committing repeat offenses.
January 14, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Illinois' Credit Rating Takes a Hit After Pension Reform Fails
The state now has an outlook known as "rating watch negative," which could make it more expensive for the state to borrow money. Only California is below Illinois among states on this rating firm's list.
January 14, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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GOP Governors Look to Reshape, Abolish Taxes
Republican governors are introducing bold proposals that would abolish income taxes, business taxes and other unpopular levies and often offset those cuts by boosting sales taxes.
January 14, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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