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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
I was invited to the picnic, and I was the main course.
Mike Chaney -- the insurance commissioner for Republican-led Mississippi, where he's having difficulty setting up a state-based health insurance exchange -- referring to a confrontation with an opponent of the federal health-care law at a luncheon.
September 24, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$60 million
The cost of a newly built 18,000-seat high school football stadium in Allen, Texas. More than 100 stadiums have been built in the state using voter-approved bonds.
September 24, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Idaho Teachers to Get Bonuses Even if Law is Repealed
Idaho teachers who earned merit-pay bonuses last year under a controversial school-reform law will get those payments this fall, regardless of the outcome of a Nov. 6 vote on whether to repeal the law.
September 24, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
New York City Offers Birth Control to 13 Schools
A New York City pilot program to distribute morning-after pills and other contraceptives to high school students has encountered little resistance from parents since it began early last year.
September 24, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
California Gov. Brown Signs 25 Health-Related Bills
Laws expanding access to abortions for rural women, improving breast cancer detection and giving women better access to birth control are signed into law.
September 24, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Wyoming is One of Strictest States for Ex-Felon Voting Rights
Despite aa 2003 reform, Wyoming remains the third most burdensome state in which to regain voting rights.
September 24, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Pro-Marijuana Legalization Donors Overlook Oregon for More Promising Initiatives in Washington and Colorado
Deep-pocketed marijuana activists are pouring millions of dollars into legalization measures on the ballot in Washington and Colorado, but they are keeping their distance from a similar pot campaign in Oregon.
September 24, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Teacher Pensions to Cost Illinois $670M More for Next Budget
New figures boost need to approve overhaul, says an aide to Gov. Pat Quinn.
September 24, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Christie Conditionally Vetoes Finance-Reporting Bill
Gov. Christie conditionally vetoed a bill that would have required faster monthly reporting of state finances and expanded the areas covered by the law.
September 24, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Study: Voter ID Laws Could Deter Millions of Hispanics
The combined effects of voter roll purges, demands for proof of citizenship and photo identification requirements in several states may hinder at least 10 million Hispanic citizens who seek to vote this fall, civil rights advocates warn in a new report.
September 24, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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