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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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Amazon to Start Collecting Sales Tax in California
The move will erase some of the price advantage Amazon enjoys over brick-and-mortar stores. But it will allow Amazon to blanket the state with distribution centers.
September 12, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Hackers Breach Utah's Health Exchange
Three weeks ago someone corrupted the Web portal for Utah’s Health Exchange, a virtual marketplace where small business employers and employees can shop for health insurance and obtain price quotes.
September 12, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Medicaid Reform in Colorado Shows Promising Savings
Colorado's key Medicaid-reform effort — matching thousands of state-supported patients to "medical homes" and careful case management — is showing promising savings.
September 12, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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How Michigan is Doing on Promises to Detroit in Consent Deal
A status update on a handful of those promises that were attached to the agreement signed on April 4.
September 12, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Democratic Gov. Tomblin Takes on Obama
In West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's first television ad, a 30-second spot titled “Coal Town,” Tomblin frames his efforts as a fight against the White House.
September 12, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Pennsylvania Collects More Than Expected in Gas Drilling Fees
The money collected will be distributed later this year, with about 60 percent going to counties and municipalities in the gas drilling region and the remainder going toward environmental projects, natural gas use incentives and other statewide programs.
September 12, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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EPA to Clean Up Lead Near Homes in New Jersey
The Environmental Protection Agency will begin digging up dangerous lead contamination this month around a dozen homes in New Jersey, part of one of the largest state efforts yet to re-examine health risks posed by soil near hundreds of old factory locations identified by a USA TODAY investigation.
September 12, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Well-Off Schools Look to Weed Out Nonresidents
In many school districts around the country, particularly those in wealthier areas, taxpayers are increasingly vigilant about how their dollars are spent and they're unwilling to pay for students whose families may be tricking the system to get a better education.
September 12, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Federal Health Law's Accountable Care Organizations Show Savings
A new model for delivering medical care, one promoted by the federal health care law, holds promise for slowing the cost of treating the sickest, most expensive patients, according to a new study.
September 12, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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FAMU Faults Student in Hazing Death
FAMU's legal team contends that the school should not be blamed when the young man died doing something he knew was against state law and university policy.
September 12, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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