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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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Pre-K to Expand with Extra $20M North Carolina Gov. Perdue Found
While advocates for early childhood education applauded the announcement, a legislative budget writer said Perdue was undermining the legislature’s ability to pay future Medicaid bills.
October 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas Preps Takeover of Women's Health Program without Planned Parenthood
The new rules also explicitly state what Texas officials have long claimed — that the Women’s Health Program will be canceled if a court compels Texas to include Planned Parenthood or any organization that provides abortions or promotes the procedure.
October 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New York Terror Case: Is Recruitment Process for Foreign Students Flawed?
The case of the Bangladeshi man who has been charged with attempting to blow up the New York Federal Reserve Bank raises some troubling questions related to the international-student process.
October 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Strict Abortion Regulations Lead Virginia Health Commissioner to Resign
Virginia’s health commissioner abruptly stepped down over new regulations requiring abortion facilities to meet strict, hospital-style building standards that many clinics contend they cannot afford.
October 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Gov. Cuomo to Campaign for Obama Beyond New York
Andrew Cuomo said that nothing he did on President Barack Obama’s behalf should be viewed as evidence that he was laying the groundwork for a presidential run of his own.
October 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Pennsylvania Legislature Sends Bill Reducing Juvenile Sentences to Governor
The Pennsylvania Legislature has sent a bill to the governor that would dramatically reduce sentences for juveniles convicted of murder, seeking to bring the state in line with a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.
October 18, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Federal Court Refuses to Reconsider Alabama Immigration Ruling
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a request from Alabama to revisit its decision in U.S. v. Alabama, which invalidated several areas of the state's immigration law
October 18, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$26,600
The average debt that students in the class of 2011 graduated with, which is a 5 percent increase from the previous year, according to a new report.
October 18, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
You can't make decisions based on the basis of whether or not somebody's going to sue you or then you'll never do anything.
Cook County, Ill., Board President Toni Preckwinkle, who said she wouldn't be surprised if her proposal to tax bullets and guns as a way of reducing high crime rates in Chicago sparks a legal challenge. Preckwinkle is one of Governing's null
October 18, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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End-of-Life Medical Care Program Prompts Worries in Wisconsin
The debate raises moral and ethical questions that lie at the heart of end-of-life care, including what constitutes living, what medical care is normal and what is extraordinary, and who decides how and when life should end.
October 18, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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