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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.

Judges Can be Forced to Pay More for Benefits, New Jersey Voters Say
More than 83 percent favored a ballot question that will allow lawmakers to force judges to pay more for their health and pension benefits.
November 08, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Education Divides Voters in Election
Voters delivered mixed verdicts on a raft of education-related ballot questions, highlighting the deep divide across the country over how to run public schools.
November 08, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Maryland Voters Do the Unprecedented -- Twice
Maryland voters narrowly approved one ballot measure allowing same-sex marriage and gave broad approval to another that extends in-state college tuition rates to some illegal immigrants. No similar measures had ever been enacted by a public vote in any state.
November 08, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
They believe that's a big reason Democrats win elections. Will they try again? Probably.
Charles Samuelson, executive director of the ACLU of Minnesota, referring to some Republican lawmakers' belief that voter fraud is common. Voters struck down a plan to require voters to show photo ID, but Samuelson thinks they may continue to push for it.
November 07, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
51st
Puerto Rico voted to become the 51st state in the union; however, the referendum is nonbinding, and statehood would require Congress' approval.
November 07, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
obama-reelection
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Obama Wins Second Term
President Barack Obama won a second term Tuesday after a fierce campaign battle, amid a struggling economy, over the role and size of the federal government.
November 07, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug, so don't break out the Cheetos or gold fish too quickly.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, who opposed the now-approved ballot measures that made Colorado and Washington the first states to legalize the possession and sale of marijuana for recreational use.
November 07, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
1800s
The last time North Carolina had a Republican governor and GOP-dominated Legislature. Pat McCrory changed that Tuesday night when he became the state's first Republican governor in 20 years.
November 07, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Arkansas Republicans Take Historic Sweep Tuesday
Arkansas Republicans took control of at least one chamber of the state legislature and captured all of the state's congressional seats for the first time since Reconstruction.
November 07, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Same-Sex Marriage Approved in Maine, Maryland
Results of a vote on the same issue was still pending in Washington, as was a measure that would ban same-sex marriage in Minnesota.
November 07, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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