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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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Michigan Sends Medicaid Request, With Work Requirements and Premiums, to Trump Administration
Gov. Rick Snyder on Friday signed a bill requiring able-bodied recipients of the state's Healthy Michigan Medicaid program to work or risk losing health care coverage.
June 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Now That Maine Tried Ranked-Choice Voting, Will Other States?
Voters in Maine went to the polls earlier this month to do something they’ve never done before: rank candidates based on preference.
June 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Wildfire Prompts State of Emergency in Northern California
Scores of Lake County residents remained under evacuation orders Monday morning after a wind-driven wildfire ripped across thousands of acres of brush in Northern California, authorities said.
June 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Occupy ICE Protesters Given an Ultimatum: Leave or Be Arrested
Federal law enforcement officers on Monday notified demonstrators camped outside Portland's Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters that they must begin to vacate federal property.
June 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump Campaigns for South Carolina Governor, and Talks About Himself
President Donald Trump traveled to one of his friendliest states Monday to help a supporter, avoid political embarrassment, and talk about himself.
June 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
It’s not a job that most people consider. Growing up, people play cops and robbers, not convicts and corrections officers.
Chris Gautz, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Corrections, on the state's struggle to hire people to work in prisons and jails.
June 25, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
2022
Year that Hispanics are expected to outnumber every other demographic group in Texas.
June 25, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Racial Gerrymandering Case, Supreme Court Sides With Texas
Extinguishing the possibility that Texas could be placed back under federal electoral supervision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday pushed aside claims that lawmakers intentionally discriminated against voters of color when they enacted the state's congressional and state House maps.
June 25, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Supreme Court Punts on Partisan Gerrymandering in North Carolina
The U.S. Supreme Court won't immediately take up arguments about whether North Carolina Republican lawmakers went too far in 2016 when they redrew the state's 13 congressional election districts to intentionally give their party a 10 to 3 advantage.
June 25, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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LGBT Case Against Christian Florist Sent Back to Lower Court
The Supreme Court has put off a further decision on whether shop owners who are conservative Christians have a religious freedom right to refuse to provide service or products for a same-sex wedding.
June 25, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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