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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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Report: Most Executions Occur in Only a Few States
Just four states carried out more than three-fourths of the executions in the United States this year, while another 23 states have not put an inmate to death in 10 years, an anti-capital punishment group reports.
December 18, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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South Carolina Gov. Haley Picks Tim Scott to Replace DeMint
Rep. Tim Scott, a Tea Party favorite, will be appointed the first African-American senator from South Carolina next year.
December 18, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Obama Makes New 'Fiscal Cliff' Offer to Boehner
President Barack Obama laid out a counteroffer that included significant concessions on taxes, reducing the amount of new revenue he is seeking to $1.2 trillion over the next decade and limiting the hike in tax rates to households earning more than $400,000 a year.
December 18, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Tennessee Gov. Haslam to Run for Re-Election
Gov. Bill Haslam said he will run for re-election in 2014 and already has planned a pair of fundraisers, his first steps toward a second term.
December 18, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
No single piece of legislation, no single solution, will fully address the problem.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, referring to gun violence in the wake of the mass shooting of 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school last week. He declined to outline specific measures President Barack Obama could take to prevent gun violence.
December 17, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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The number of states still projecting general fund revenues below FY 2008 levels, according to a survey of state budget officials.
December 17, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
IT Directors Go Retro in Virginia
Technology workers in two Virginia agencies are using an old-school organizational method to improve workflow and efficiency.
December 17, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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State Officials Propose Ways to Detect Cities' Fiscal Troubles Before They Worsen
Top finance officials in California and New York are proposing closer state-level scrutiny of local government budgets to help prevent the distress that has plagued many cities, towns and counties over the last few years.
December 17, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Talk of Term Limits Returns to Texas
The Tea Party want to replace some current lawmakers with fresh ones, preferably from their own flock.
December 17, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Boehner Offers Concessions in Fiscal Cliff Talks
House Speaker John A. Boehner has offered to push any fight over the federal debt limit off for a year, a concession that would deprive Republicans of leverage in the budget battle but is breathing new life into stalled talks over the year-end “fiscal cliff.”
December 17, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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