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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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New School Report Cards Tougher Than Old in Wisconsin
The report cards are part of the new accountability system in Wisconsin that is replacing the decade-old No Child Left Behind system.
October 08, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
15.4%
The portion of commuters who walk to work in Ithaca, N.Y., which is the highest rate in the nation. View data for 100 metro areas.
October 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
The death penalty? Give me a break. It’s easy. Abortion? Absolutely easy.
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who thinks both are constitutional, says his "textualist" approach to interpreting the Constitution makes even the most controversial issues easy to resolve.
October 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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States Defend Counterterrorism 'Fusion Centers' After Harsh Senate Report
State homeland security leaders and the local law enforcement community are disputing a Senate subcommittee’s charges that a network of 77 anti-terrorism centers, set up after 9/11 to share information, has “not produced useful intelligence to support federal counterterrorism efforts.”
October 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Los Angeles to Stop Turning Some Illegal Immigrants over to Feds
The new rules mark a dramatic attempt by the nation's second-largest police department to distance itself from federal immigration policies that Charlie Beck says unfairly treat undocumented immigrants suspected of committing petty offenses.
October 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Pollution Tax Constitutional, Rules Washington State Supreme Court
The high court upheld a King County Superior Court ruling that found the state is not precluded from using the current tax of 0.7 percent on oil products, pesticides and other chemicals for environmental cleanup projects.
October 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Medicaid Expansion Divides Utah Gubernatorial Candidates
Gov. Gary Herbert blasted proposals to expand Medicaid coverage to more than 50,000 uninsured Utahns, saying it creates an unaffordable culture of dependency, a stark contrast with his Democratic challenger, Peter Cooke, who called it a "smart business decision."
October 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Court's Rejection of Campaign Spending Limits Sparks New Debate in Oregon
The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that a voter-endorsed ballot measure limiting campaign contributions and spending cannot be enforced.
October 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Minnesota Secretary of State Accused of Overstepping His Office
State Sens. Scott Newman and Mike Parry accused Mark Ritchie of crossing the line from criticism to political advocacy in regards to the voter ID amendment on the November ballot.
October 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Judge: Florida Voter Purge Does Not Violate Federal Law
U.S. District Judge William J. Zloch said federal law does not prohibit the state from removing voters who were never lawfully eligible to register in the first place.
October 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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