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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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Women Rule Congress, State in New Hampshire
Women won the state’s two Congressional seats. Women already held the state’s two Senate seats. When they are all sworn into office, New Hampshire will become the first state in the nation’s history to send an all-female delegation to Washington.
January 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Penn State Sanctions over Sandusky Prompt Gov. Corbett to Sue NCAA
Gov. Corbett is expected to file a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the NCAA over what he contends are illegal sanctions that the organization imposed on Pennsylvania State University following the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal.
January 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Colorado's 1st Marijuana Den Already Shut Down
The state's first recreational pot den where customers could buy coffee, T-shirts and other items and then go to a private building next door where they could smoke free samples of marijuana, has already closed its doors, after a dispute with its landlord.
January 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Vote on Sandy Aid Scrapped by GOP
House Republicans abruptly pulled the plug Tuesday night on their promise to take up this week an emergency supplemental disaster aid bill for Northeast states damaged by Hurricane Sandy. The Senate bill will die with this Congress on Thursday at noon.
January 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Fiscal Cliff Bill Clears Congress
With a rare late-night vote on New Year’s Day, the House passed a bipartisan compromise -- which President Barack Obama has vowed to sign -- to extend the majority of Bush-era tax cuts, delay automatic spending reductions for two months and fix a number of expiring tax and spending provisions.
January 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
76%
The percent of libraries that offer e-books for checkout.
December 21, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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State Education Funding On Trial, Again
Ten states have school finance challenges working their way through the courts, and four other states recently wrapped up legal challenges. But school-funding advocates have found that winning a lawsuit doesn’t necessarily improve the quality of education.
December 21, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Gay Marriage Fight Returns to Minnesota
After voters defeated a measure that would have banned same-sex marriage, both sides of the marriage amendment fight are reuniting their troops as they prepare for what is rapidly emerging as the next frontier in the battle -- a push to legalize same-sex marriage in the Legislature.
December 21, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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William Daley Considering Bid for Illinois Governor
The former White House chief of staff and U.S. commerce secretary said he was "seriously" looking at a run for the Democratic nomination for governor.
December 21, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ohio Gov. Kasich Has Plans for 2013
The “fracking” tax boost/income-tax-cut package that Gov. John Kasich couldn’t push through the legislature in 2012 appears primed for passage next year.
December 21, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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