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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.

News in Numbers
47%
Drop in the number of people Louisiana sent to prison for drug possession during the first year of the state's criminal justice reforms. Once home to the highest rate of prisoners per capita, the state has now dropped to second-highest.
July 02, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Criminal Justice Reforms Lead to Large Drop in Louisiana's Prison Population
Louisiana officials reported significant decreases in prison populations and prison admissions following the first year of the state's historic criminal justice reforms, said Gov. John Bel Edwards Thursday.
July 02, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New Hampshire's GOP Governor Extends Medicaid Expansion But Adds Work Requirement
Gov. Chris Sununu used more than two dozen pens Friday to sign his name to sweeping legislation that preserves government-paid health insurance coverage for more than 50,000 low-income adults through 2023.
July 02, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Medicaid Work Requirements Lose First Court Test
A federal judge Friday struck down a Trump administration decision allowing states to force low-income adults to work to qualify for Medicaid.
July 02, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Portland, Violence Erupts Between Right-Wing and Anti-Fascist Protesters
Portland Police declared a riot Saturday after tensions between the right-wing Patriot Prayer group and local anti-fascist activists came to a head and broke out in violence.
July 02, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Outsider Candidate's Rise Worries Some Michigan Democrats
Michigan voters who twice delivered the governorship to a Republican computer executive-turned-venture capitalist are again being wooed by a wealthy outsider businessman with no political experience for the top post — this time a Democrat.
July 02, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New Wildfire Forces Evacuations in California
In California these days, the start -- and end -- of wildfire season is anyone's guess.
July 02, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump Hints at Return to a Pre-Roe v. Wade World
Will President Donald Trump come right out and ask prospective Supreme Court nominees if they would undo Roe v. Wade. the 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to abortion?
July 02, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Last-Minute Tax Deal Averts Government Shutdown in New Jersey
New Jersey barely escaped its second government shutdown in as many years Saturday, as Gov. Murphy and lawmakers announced a last-minute budget deal that will increase taxes on millionaires and corporations.
July 02, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
13 years old
Age that girls in New Hampshire can get married -- one year earlier than the state's legal marriage age for boys. A new law, however, will make it 16 for both genders starting in 2019.
June 29, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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