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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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'Stand Your Ground' Laws Linked to More Homicides
Researchers who've studied the effect of the laws have found that states with a stand your ground law have more homicides than states without such laws.
January 04, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Politically Active Nonprofits Under States' Scrutiny
Tax-exempt groups that spent hundreds of millions on the 2012 elections without disclosing their donors have stirred no response from federal regulators but have drawn the ire of state officials who are moving aggressively to restrict them.
January 04, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Colorado Governor Opts for Medicaid Expansion
Some 160,000 adults with low incomes could become eligible for public health care assistance under a plan announced by Gov. John Hickenlooper. to expand Medicaid coverage under the federal health care law.
January 04, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$85 billion
The new amount of automatic federal spending cuts -- as a result of the fiscal cliff deal -- that will occur in March, down from the $109 billion in cuts that was set to take effect in January.
January 03, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
The people on [Pinterest] are mostly women, who just really want to put bad guys behind bars.
Lauri Stevens, founder of Massachusetts-based LAwS Communications, on the effectiveness of Pinterest accounts that feature mug shots of people wanted by the local police.
January 03, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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High-Crime Camden's Plan to Replace Police Dept. Approved
Camden's plan to lay off all of its uniformed police officers has been approved by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission, setting the stage for replacing the Police Department with a new county-run force.
January 03, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Pinterest Helps Police Catch Criminals
The widely used, visually-oriented platform is helping social media-savvy law enforcement agencies drive up arrest rates.
January 03, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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$10,000 College Degree Proposal Catches On in California
Borrowing an idea being promoted by Republican governors in Texas and Florida, a GOP assemblyman has introduced a bill that would create a pilot program in California for what he's billing as a $10,000 bachelor's degree.
January 03, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Obama Signs Fiscal Cliff Bill
The White House and a divided Congress can now move on to the next fiscal crisis after a last-minute deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" laid the foundation for more combustible struggles over taxes, spending and debt in the next few months.
January 03, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Judge: Mentally Ill Inmates' Rights Violated in Indiana Prisons
A federal court found the treatment of mentally ill prisoners in segregation units at Indiana prisons violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment.
January 03, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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