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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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Judge: Bankrupt Alabama County Allowed to Close Public Hospital
Jefferson County, Alabama, the biggest U.S. municipality in bankruptcy, does not have to immediately face a lawsuit over its decision to close the emergency room of its money-losing hospital for the poor, a judge ruled.
October 18, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Man Arrested After Allegedly Plotting Federal Reserve Bomb
Federal authorities running a sting operation arrested a 21-year-old Bangladeshi man, who came to the U.S. on a student visa and was allegedly planning to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank of New York with what he believed was a 1,000-pound bomb.
October 18, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Bullet Tax a Consideration for Curbing Chicago Crime
As Chicago struggles to quell gang violence that has contributed to a jump in homicides, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle wants to tax the sale of every bullet and firearm — an effort even she acknowledges could spark a legal challenge.
October 18, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Florida Officials Defend Racial and Ethnic Student Learning Goals
When the Florida Board of Education voted this month to set different goals for student achievement in reading and math by race and ethnicity, among other guidelines, the move was widely criticized as discriminatory and harmful to blacks and Hispanics.
October 18, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Violent Crime Up 17%, Reversing Downward Trend
The violent crime rate went up 17% last year, ending a general decline in violence that began nearly 20 years ago.
October 18, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Bloomberg Creates Own Super-PAC
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is forming a super-PAC will spend at least $10 million promoting his top priorities — gun control, education policy and gay marriage — while helping centrists get elected to Congress.
October 18, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Newark Teachers Strike Historic Deal
The Newark Teachers Union has reached a historic deal with the state that will make the district the first in New Jersey to offer bonuses based on how teachers perform in the classroom.
October 18, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Portland Police Embrace Only Some of Feds' Reforms
The U.S. Department of Justice last month urged the bureau to adopt reforms after its extensive inquiry found it engaged in a "pattern and practice" of excessive force against people with mental illness.
October 18, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Our country might have been better off if it was still just men voting.
Janis Lane, the head of the Central Mississippi Tea Party, in response to whether she thinks there are too many male politicians telling women what to do with their bodies.
October 17, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
16.6%
The portion of people who bike to work in Davis, Calif., which is more than any other city in the country. View interactive GOVERNING Data maps for more than 400 localities.
October 17, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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