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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.

Who Said That
Is it undemocratic? Sure. But the alternatives are much, much worse.
The Detroit Free-Press, which advocates for voters to preserve a controversial Michigan law -- which critics have dubbed the "dictator law" -- that gives the state almost unilateral authority to take control of struggling cities and school districts.
November 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Elderly Face Challenges Coping with Superstorm Sandy
Health-care officials are paying close attention to the elderly since Sandy left millions in the dark.
November 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Appeal of Arizona Abortions Law Begins
Arizona’s new law forbids abortions past 20 weeks of gestation except in medical emergencies.
November 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
New Jersey to Allow Storm Victims to Vote by E-mail, Fax
Using a system already accessible to military members deployed overseas, hurricane-damaged New Jersey will allow displaced residents to cast their votes using e-mail or fax on Election Day.
November 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Violent Crime Rate Drops in Most U.S. Border Cities
Violent crime continued to fall in the largest U.S. cities along the Southwest border last year even as neighboring Mexican crime groups clashed for control of the illegal drug and human smuggling trades.
November 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
New York State Senate Races Tighter After Sandy
The fight for control of the New York State Senate has grown unexpectedly competitive in the final moments of this year’s campaign, with Hurricane Sandy adding a large dose of uncertainty to the vote.
November 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Coastal Cities Seek New Protections Against Superstorms
Ideas to protect low-lying coastal cities -- even those ideas once dismissed as too expensive or far-fetched -- are getting a second look from officials and scientists worried that climate change will spawn a succession of ever-more-violent Sandys.
November 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Sandy Shows Hospitals Unprepared for Disasters
Despite bitter lessons from the recent past, U.S. hospitals are far from ready to protect patients when disaster strikes their facilities.
November 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$13.6 million
The amount of money the Massachusetts judiciary has requested from the state to deal with legal challenges to as many as 136,000 criminal cases in which evidence was allegedly mishandled by a state drug lab chemist.
October 26, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
If we lose Janice, there's going to be national headlines all over the country -- tea party goes down.
Norm Hughes, a conservative activist, on the upcoming recall election of Troy, Mich., Mayor Janice Daniels.
October 26, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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