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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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A TV-Inspired New Year's Resolution for Improving Government Services
Reality TV reveals the problems with government services, but how do we fix them?
January 09, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
6 months
The amount of time that states have to comply with the 2005 REAL ID Act. This is the fourth extension the federal government has given states -- only 13 of which are currently in compliance.
January 09, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Feds Give States More Time to Comply with REAL ID Law
Only 13 states issue driver’s licenses that comply with the federal Real ID law, but states that do not will have at least six months to bring their licenses up to those standards.
January 09, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Let's Make a Deal: Washington Colleges Offer Tuition Freeze for More Funding
The proposal comes after outgoing Gov. Chris Gregoire set a goal of no tuition increases for the next two years, but her budget included no additional money for the five universities and one four-year college.
January 09, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Historic Vote Merges 8 Public Georgia Colleges into 4
The system has lost more than $1 billion in state funding since the 2009 fiscal year.
January 09, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
prison-overcrowding
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California Pleas for End to Feds' Control of Prisons
Gov. Jerry Brown said the state has solved its overcrowding problem and asked for control of inmate health care back. Experts see a legal war ahead.
January 09, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas-New Mexico Water Fight Goes to Supreme Court
Texas officials asked the U.S. Supreme Court to force New Mexico to abide by an agreement about sharing water from the Rio Grande. But New Mexico officials said the move is "tantamount to extortion."
January 09, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Death Penalty Repeal Could Be Within 1 Vote in Maryland
Proponents of overturning Maryland's death penalty appear to be within one or two votes of gaining enough political clout to push repeal through the state Senate, where previous efforts have failed.
January 09, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Gov. Christie's State of the State Address Focuses on (Only) Sandy
But the Republican governor — who is also building his re-election campaign — introduced no new initiatives for the final year of his term.
January 09, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Maine's Medicaid Cuts Limited by Feds
The federal government will allow Maine to make limited cuts to its Medicaid program, but not to the extent Gov. Paul LePage ’s administration sought last year as it looked to close a $20 million budget hole.
January 09, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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