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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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Republicans Seek to Overhaul the Electoral College
Republicans alarmed at the apparent challenges they face in winning the White House are preparing an all-out assault on the Electoral College system in critical states, an initiative that would significantly ease the party's path to the Oval Office.
December 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Michigan Gov. Snyder Vetoes Bill That Would Have Allowed Guns in Schools
In his veto letter, Gov. Rick Snyder said the bill had a fatal loophole that didn't allow for those public institutions to opt out of the new legislation and prohibit weapons from their buildings.
December 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Cory Booker Considering U.S. Senate Run
Cory Booker likely won’t challenge New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in 2013 but instead launch a bid for a U.S. Senate seat a year later.
December 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
In this day and age, justice delayed is justice denied.
Chuck Beaudrot, the judge of Georgia's new tax court, which convenes for the first time Jan. 2 and was created to more quickly settle tax disputes that often takes months or years to resolve.
December 18, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
8.7%
The increase in the portion of people killed while riding a bicycle from 2010 to 2011. While bike deaths increased, the number of people killed in traffic accidents overall dropped to its lowest since 1949.
December 18, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Bike, Pedestrian Deaths Up as Traffic Fatalities Hit Lowest Since 1949
While the number of people killed in traffic accidents last year dropped to its lowest point in more than six decades, deaths of cyclists and pedestrians surged in 2011.
December 18, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Georgia Debuts New Tax Court
Created last year by the Legislature, the specialized court is intended to resolve tax disputes in a more efficient and predictable manner.
December 18, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Gun Bill to Get 'Extra Consideration' by Michigan Gov. Snyder in Wake of Connecticut Shooting
Gov. Rick Snyder pledged to take a close look at legislation that could allow concealed weapons in schools and churches following the massacre at a Connecticut elementary school that evoked painful, personal memories of a fatal shooting at his college dormitory more than three decades ago.
December 18, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Ohio Gov. Kasich to Sign Gun Bill Despite Calls for Veto
Gov. John Kasich said he intends to sign a new concealed carry law allowing guns into the Statehouse parking garage, rejecting a call to veto the bill in the wake of last week's shootings in Connecticut.
December 18, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Who Can Still Afford State Universities?
As public colleges spend more and get less from the states, tuition costs are shifting to parents and students -- often putting higher education out of reach.
December 18, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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