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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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Study: Marijuana Arrests Cost Washington State $300M in Past 25 Years
A new study found that 241,000 people in Washington were arrested for misdemeanor marijuana possession since 1986, costing $306 million in law-enforcement costs, adding fuel to a campaign seeking to make this state the first to legalize recreational marijuana sales.
October 12, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Rape Remark Makes Wisconsin Rep. Rivard Lose Paul Ryan, Gov. Walker's Endorsements
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan and Gov. Scott Walker have dropped their endorsements of a Wisconsin lawmaker who said that his father had told him "some girls, they rape so easy" as a way to warn him that women could consent to sex but then later claim they hadn't.
October 12, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ohio Must Count Ballots Cast in Wrong Precinct
A federal appeals court decided it is unconstitutional to toss out ballots that are cast in the incorrect voting precinct due to poll-worker error.
October 12, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Fracking Linked to Contamination in New EPA Tests
New tests of water surrounding natural-gas-drilling sites near Pavillion, Wyo., have turned up results that are "generally consistent" with earlier findings showing a link between contamination and hydraulic fracturing.
October 12, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Colleges Brace for Affirmative Action Ruling
As the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case challenging race-conscious admission to public colleges, university officials across the country watched for clues to where the court might go while contemplating what steps schools might take if the court changed the state of the law.
October 12, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Chicago Schools Chief Steps Down After 17 Months
With the city’s first teachers strike in 25 years in the rear view mirror and a new contract to be implemented, Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard is out by “mutual agreement” with City Hall after just 17 months on the job.
October 12, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Fiscal Emergency Declared for East Cleveland, Ohio
Auditor of State Dave Yost said the declaration was made because the city failed to submit a feasible fiscal recovery plan that was acceptable.
October 12, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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The rate of homes in some stage of foreclosure in Florida last month, which is the first time the state has had the nation's highest foreclosure rate since April 2005.
October 11, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Hello boys, thank you for calling me on my anniversary.
The recording on a phone sex hotline that people heard when they tried to call a toll-free hotline to learn more about the meningitis outbreak in Florida. Gov. Rick Scott mistakenly gave out the wrong number, mixing up one of the digits.
October 11, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Study: Texas Can't Handle Care if Planned Parenthood is Defunded
Women's access to affordable health care will be reduced if the state follows through with its plan to eschew federal funding for the Women’s Health Program and create a state program instead, according to a new study from George Washington University.
October 11, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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