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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 Jersey Plan to Keep Seniors Out of Nursing Homes Approved
New Jersey residents receiving Medicaid benefits may find it easier to get care at home rather than to move into a nursing home under changes that state officials are planning since getting federal approval to make them.
October 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Maine Candidate Slammed for World of Warcraft "Double Life"
The Maine GOP attacked Maine state Senate candidate Colleen Lachowicz for a “bizarre double life” in which she’s a devotee of the hugely popular online role-playing game World of Warcraft.
October 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Oklahoma Drops Planned Parenthood from WIC Program
The Women, Infants and Children program provides food vouchers to low-income pregnant women, women who have recently given birth, and infants and children younger than 5.
October 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Federal Takeover of Oakland Police Urged
A historic fight over whether Oakland can reform its own police force began in earnest when civil rights attorneys asked a federal judge to take the unprecedented step of appointing a receiver to ensure the changes are made.
October 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
10%
The rise in graduation rates at Pennsylvania universities since the state started financially rewarding schools for meeting certain performance metrics in 2000. Thirty states either use or are considering using performance-based funding for higher education.
October 04, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
mr. president, you needed a five hour energy drink before you started this debate. #Current2012
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, via Twitter, in response to President Barack Obama's performance in the presidential debate this week.
October 04, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Changing How Universities Spend Money, the Problem with Rankings and Identifying Government's Enemy
Plus: The impact of postponed retirement and more management news
October 04, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Cybersecurity Resource Center Created to Help Governors
The new organization will help state leaders create policy to protect infrastructure such as data and communication systems, financial records, banking systems, water systems, electrical grids and energy companies.
October 04, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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'Potentially Deceased' Voters Can no Longer be Purged from Texas Rolls
Texas voters can no longer be automatically removed from voting rolls based on incomplete government records indicating that they might be dead, according to a legal settlement.
October 04, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Florida Launches Criminal Probe of Voter Registration Forms
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement spent Monday and Tuesday reviewing forms filed by the Republican Party of Florida that were deemed suspicious by elections supervisors to determine if there was evidence of illegal activity.
October 04, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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