✕

Internet Explorer 11 is not supported

For optimal browsing, we recommend Chrome, Firefox or Safari browsers.
GOVERNING Avatar Logo

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.

Archive
Washington Gov. Gregoire Works to Broker Online Sales Tax Deal
As her second term winds down, Gov. Chris Gregoire is working to build support for a congressional plan that would allow states to collect sales tax from online retailers based elsewhere.
November 27, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
States Crack Down on Campaigning Nonprofits After Election
State regulators increase pressure on advocacy groups active in the election to disclose their donors. There is no such effort on the federal level.
November 27, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
EPA Recommends States Adopt Stronger Water Quality Standards for Beaches
Federal environmental officials said they hoped the suggested guidance would prompt state leaders to toughen their own oversight of recreational waters where people swim, surf and go boating.
November 27, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Sandy "More Impactful" Than Katrina, Says Cuomo in Aid Appeal
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo acknowledged that more people had been killed by Hurricane Katrina, but said that Hurricane Sandy had had a greater economic impact because of the dense population in the New York City area.
November 27, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Ex-Fox News Commentator Running for Virginia Lt. Gov.
Pete Snyder, a technology entrepreneur and former Fox News commentator who oversaw Republican campaigns in Virginia this year, announced that he will run for lieutenant governor.
November 27, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
19
The number of states with laws that discourage or prevent localities from creating new community broadband networks.
November 26, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
This is an excellent time for them to shut up and do nothing.
Andrew Koppelman, a Northwestern law professor, who thinks the U.S. Supreme Court will be reluctant to rule on whether gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry. The justices will decide whether they will take the case Friday.
November 26, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
State Prescription Drug Databases Going Underused
Mirroring national usage rates, only one-third of prescribers and one-fifth of the state's pharmacists are registered to use the database that tracks patients' history with addictive drugs.
November 26, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
internet-tax
The Last Tax-Free Cyber Monday for Online Retailers?
As states are estimated to lose out on as much as $23.26 billion of revenue today, a coalition of small business leaders is lobbying Congress to require most online retailers to collect sales taxes.
November 26, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
State Sen. Leland Yee to Run for California Secretary of State
State Sen. Leland Yee, a San Francisco Democrat who has made voter access and open government among his main priorities as a lawmaker, will run for secretary of state when he is termed out of the Legislature in two years.
November 26, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Load More
gov-footer-logo-2024.png
GT-footer-logo.png
II-footer-logo.png
NAV-footer-logo.png
CDG-footer-logo.png
CDE-footer-logo.png
CPSAI-footer-logo.png
EM-footer-logo.png