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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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Cities Asking Voters to Approve More Debt
Voters in a number of other big U.S. cities -- some with already-high debt loads -- will decide on Election Day whether to borrow even more or face prospects for reduced services or higher taxes.
October 09, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
The fourth year of most people’s high school is a waste of time.
Ron Sims, a member of the Washington State University Board of Regents, who predicts that 25 years from now, K-12 education will become K-11 education. Read more public officials' predictions about what government will look like in 2037 below.
October 08, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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The price of gas in California today, which is the highest in the state's history and the nation. The price led Gov. Jerry Brown to authorize oil companies to start selling cheaper, less environmentally friendly, winter-blend gasoline, but it could take days before consumers see costs at the pump drop.
October 08, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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North Carolina's Reforms for Driving Juvenile Crime Down May Be a National Model
Juvenile crime is down nationally, but in North Carolina the downward trend is more than double the national average.
October 08, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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States Struggle to Pay Unemployment Trust Fund Debt
The more than $26 billion in lingering debt has gained little notice, but forced states to scale back unemployment benefits, raise taxes, tap general funds and even turn to the private bond market.
October 08, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Affirmative Action on Trial in U.S. Supreme Court
The outcome could spell the end to affirmative action programs across the country that provide some advantage to applicants from underrepresented minorities.
October 08, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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U.S. Runs Out of Wildfire-Fighting Funds
In the worst wildfire season on record, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service ran out of money to pay for firefighters, fire trucks and aircraft that dump retardant on monstrous flames.
October 08, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Feds Crafting Safety Rules for Subways, Light-Rail Systems
Federal officials have begun drafting safety standards for the nation’s subway and light-rail systems, three years after the deadly Red Line crash exposed vast gaps in oversight of trains that transport millions of people a day.
October 08, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Arizona's New Foe in Fight to Deny Planned Parenthood Funding: the Feds
The Department of Justice is telling U.S. District Court Judge Neil Wake that a law approved earlier this year aimed specifically at cutting off all government funds to Planned Parenthood -- even for non-abortion services -- runs afoul of federal laws.
October 08, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Philadelphia Mayor Gets Involved in Romney T-Shirt Controversy
Mayor Nutter reached out to the student and teacher at the heart of a controversy in a Port Richmond school over the student's wearing of a Romney/Ryan T-shirt.
October 08, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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