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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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Fracking Report Shows No Impact on Environment, Health
Baldwin Hills residents challenge study that found no significant environmental impact from method used to extract oil trapped in rock formations.
October 16, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Obama Administration, Snyder, Bing Urge Quicker Action on Mass Transit in Detroit
Gov. Rick Snyder, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and the Obama administration's top transportation official said that they want to see progress on stalled legislation to overhaul mass transit in metro Detroit by the end of the year.
October 16, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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District of Columbia's Chief Tax Appraiser Resigns Amid Controversy
The District’s chief tax appraiser resigned amid controversy over reductions in the proposed assessments of hundreds of commercial properties that cut the city’s tax base by $2.6 billion.
October 16, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Teachers Strike in North Shore School District Outside Chicago
Teachers in North Shore School District 112 have called a strike after a seven-hour negotiating session failed to produce a contract settlement.
October 16, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Citing Sandusky Case, S&P Gives Penn State a Negative Outlook
Pennsylvania State University had its credit outlook revised to negative by Standard & Poor’s, which cited financial liabilities tied to Jerry Sandusky, the former coach sentenced Oct. 10 for sexually abusing minors.
October 16, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California City's Smoking Ban for Multi-Family Homes Could Spark National Movement
A San Francisco suburb banned smoking in duplexes, condominiums and other multi-family homes, with city leaders saying they hoped to lead a wave of such regulations across California and ultimately the country.
October 16, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Teacher Evaluations Change as School Districts Seek Federal Aid
Fueled in part by efforts to qualify for the Obama administration’s Race to the Top federal grant program or waivers from the toughest conditions of No Child Left Behind, the Bush-era education law, 36 states and the District of Columbia have introduced new teacher evaluation policies in the past three years.
October 16, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Will the anti-tax [fervor] of the U.S. government continue? No, I don’t think that’s possible.
Joshua Schank, president and CEO of the Eno Center for Transportation and former transportation adviser for then-Sen. Hillary Clinton, on how he thinks government will have changed 25 years from now. Read more public officials' predictions about what government will look like in 2037 below.
October 15, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
3 cents
The cost of processing a single online voter registration in Arizona, compared to 83 cents for a paper registration. Arizona was the first state to allow voters to register online in 2002.
October 15, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Police Predict Dire Impact from Sequestration Cuts
Cuts to federal criminal justice grants will mean that substance abuse programs, victims’ advocates, drug task forces and other law enforcement programs could be eliminated now or in the near future.
October 15, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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