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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.

Who Said That
Leave the partying with Lindsay to the professionals. Do your day job.
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer's advice for the Congressional staffer who was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault after a fight about a cellphone with actress Lindsay Lohan.
October 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
12,744
The number of regular session bills that Gov. Jerry Brown has signed, which is more than any other California governor since 1967. Brown has also vetoed the fewest bills.
October 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
New California Laws Set Up Framework for Spending Cap-and-Trade Revenue
While businesses deride California's new restrictions on greenhouse-gas emissions as a giant tax, lawmakers have taken steps to carve up the money.
October 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Prepaid College Tuition Program Makes a Comeback in Illinois
The College Illinois program allows families to buy contracts that lock in today's prices for future tuition and fees at the state's public universities.
October 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Perry's Proposal to Freeze College Tuition Gets Lukewarm Response
Gov. Rick Perry called for freezing tuition rates for incoming freshmen at state universities during their first four years of college.
October 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Seattle Police Use Twitter to Report Crime
The project, called Tweets-by-beat, is the most ambitious effort of its kind in the nation, authorities in law enforcement and social media say.
October 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Texas Parents Owe Nearly $11B in Child Support
State and national authorities say a fluctuating economy and erratic jobless rates are taking a toll on parents who pay child support, though some simply defy orders to pay up.
October 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Union Battle Moves to California This November
The battle to curb labor’s political clout has moved from Wisconsin to California, where wealthy conservatives are championing a ballot measure that would bar unions from donating to candidates.
October 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Federal Push to Legalize Online Poker Annoys States
State officials are bristling at the possibility of being preempted by the federal government in their own efforts to legalize some forms of online gaming, and are particularly concerned about how Harry Reid’s bill could affect their lotteries.
October 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
When people are using language like ‘death panels,’ there’s more emotion and fear than if you say you want to honor the wishes of this individual.
Dr. Susan Tolle, director of the Center for Ethics in Health Care at the Oregon Health & Sciences University, on how word choice factors into the chance of success for a state-level movement focused on giving terminally ill patients more say in what medicine and medical procedures they want or don’t want.
October 01, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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