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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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11 States Will Challenge Trump's New Immigration Executive Order in Court
Flanked by Gov. Jay Inslee, immigrant-rights leaders, state lawmakers and others, Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Thursday that Washington will lead a coalition of nearly a dozen states that will sue the Trump administration over its "zero tolerance" policy of separating immigrant children from their parents during illegal border crossings.
June 22, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Mayors Meet at the Border to Protest Separation of Immigrant Families
A delegation of mayors from across the country converged Thursday morning on the border, where they called for the reunification of families who had been separated at the border and comprehensive immigration reform.
June 22, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Beaten, Naked, Tied Down: Abuse Claims Prompt Virginia to Probe Facility for Immigrant Kids
Virginia’s governor ordered state officials Thursday to investigate abuse claims by children at an immigration detention facility who said they were beaten while handcuffed and locked up for long periods in solitary confinement, left nude and shivering in concrete cells.
June 22, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After Campaign Finance Ruling, Colorado Adopts New Enforcement Process
After a federal judge ruled last week that significant portions of Colorado's campaign finance complaint procedures are unconstitutional, state elections officials have adopted a new process under which they will now vet each grievance filed with their office before it can proceed.
June 22, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Marriage Age Rises, and Gender Gap Closes, in New Hampshire
New Hampshire, which has one of the lowest legal ages of marriage in the country, has raised the age at which teens can wed.
June 22, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kentucky Pension Law Struck Down for the Way It Was Passed
Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd struck down Kentucky's controversial new public pension law Wednesday and permanently enjoined Gov. Matt Bevin from enforcing it.
June 22, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Border Sheriff Bans Deputies From Working at Shelter for Immigrant Children
El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles has banned his deputies from working off-duty security at the tent facility for immigrant children separated from their parents in Tornillo.
June 22, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I think of light rail as the diamond-encrusted Rolex watch of transit. It’s something that doesn’t do as much as a real watch can do. It costs a lot more. And it serves solely to serve the ego of the people who are buying it.
Randal O’Toole, transit expert for the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank founded by oil billionaire Charles Koch who along with his brother is fueling a fight against public transit.
June 21, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
4.9%
Estimated revenue growth for states from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2018, which is the most since 2015.
June 21, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
A corrections officer bends down to talk to a prisoner in a cell.
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Thousands of Unfilled Jail Jobs, Millions in Overtime, 'Zero Room for Error'
States across the country are struggling to staff their prisons and jails. The shortages are costing them in overtime -- and lives lost when inmates riot against conditions likely worsened by overworked guards.
June 21, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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