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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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The Secret to Massachusetts’ High Credit Rating
Massachusetts has the highest credit rating it’s ever had. Its secret? Discipline.
December 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Is Universal Phone Service a Sleeper Issue to Watch in 2013?
There are conflicting pressures on the universal service fee to maintain “plain old telephone service” on one hand and help pay for a broadband future on the other.
December 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
It is important not to take 50 sheriffs off the beat, particularly when the world of finance can be the Wild West.
North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper, discussing the federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's claim that states do not have authority to regulate the practices of national banks.
December 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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The sharp rise in the portion of people who no longer approve of Gov. Rick Snyder since he signed controversial legislation to make Michigan the 24th state with a "right-to-work" law.
December 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Seattle Police Dept. Relaxes Hiring Policy on Pot Use
The Seattle Police Department said that it will relax its hiring standards for officers in light of Washington's new marijuana-legalization law -- applicants will now be disqualified for past pot use within one year instead of three years.
December 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Massachusetts to Review Pension Holdings in Gun Firms
As gun makers took a financial drubbing in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., shootings, Massachusetts Treasurer Steve Grossman directed the state pension fund to review its investments in any companies in the firearms industry.
December 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Colorado Gov. Introduces Plan to Improve Mental Health System
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is proposing an $18.5 million plan to strengthen the state’s mental health system. The proposal is the result of work by a group of advisors convened by Hickenlooper in the wake of a mass shooting at a movie theater that left 12 dead.
December 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Alabama's Cuts to Mental Health Are 2nd-Largest in U.S.
labama's total general-fund mental health budget got cut 36 percent from fiscal year 2009 to fiscal year 2012, the second-largest reduction by any state, according to a 2011 report by the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
December 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Gas Industry Sues Colorado City over Fracking Ban
The oil and gas industry hit Longmont with a lawsuit to kill voters' recent ban on fracking within city limits.
December 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Nike Bill Gets Oregon Governor's Signature
Gov. John Kitzhaber signed House Bill 4200 to provide tax certainty for Nike ahead of a $150 million expansion in Oregon by the global sportswear company.
December 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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