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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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Obama, Detroit Mayor Bing Discuss City's Finances
Mayor Dave Bing said in a statement he and Obama talked "about the potential of getting personnel to help us with the execution of our restructuring plan."
December 11, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Utah Democrat Joins Republican Party After Losing Election
State Rep. Christine Watkins is leaving the Democratic Party and joining the Republicans in hopes she could return to the Legislature in 2014.
December 11, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Marijuana Legalization Becomes Official in Colorado
Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat who opposed the measure, signed the proclamation that places Amendment 64 into the constitution.
December 11, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
May 15, 2014
The date that nearly every American should be allowed to send text messages to 911.
December 10, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Marijuana is going to be the gay marriage of the next five years.
Jill Hanauer, president of the Democratic-leaning political research firm Project New America. She said young voters view marijuana through the same lens as same-sex marriage -- as a justice and fairness issue.
December 10, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texting 911 Option Available Nationwide in 2014
This program is part of the FCC’s Next Generation 911 services, which attempts to upgrade the rules and regulations of the landline era to the current mobile and IP world.
December 10, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Bipartisan Coloradoans Form Immigration-Reform Compact
A diverse and bipartisan group of influential Coloradans has come together to support an immigration-reform compact intended to spark national action.
December 10, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Marijuana Legalization Complicates Drug-Free Work Policies
Businesses in Washington state, where the drug is legal, and Colorado, where it will be by January, are trying to figure out how to deal with employees who use it on their own time and then fail a drug test.
December 10, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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More STEM Degrees May Not Equal More Jobs
As STEM has become an education buzzword in recent years, a steady stream of research has emerged that challenges the notion of STEM as an economic elixir. In some STEM careers, the employment picture is downright lousy.
December 10, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Stem Cell Agency Board Criticized for Conflicts of Interest
A new report found that "far too many" of the board members are from organizations that stand to benefit from the $3 billion the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine is supposed to dole out to researchers over 10 years.
December 10, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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