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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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Cost of Sandusky Scandal to Penn State: $17M
Jerry Sandusky, the longtime defensive coordinator under revered football coach Joe Paterno, was convicted of 45 charges involving 10 sex-abuse victims.
September 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Julian Castro Takes Spotlight at Democratic Convention
San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro showed Tuesday why some Democrats are comparing him to another once-obscure but powerful keynote speaker: President Barack Obama. He unleashed a head-on attack against Mitt Romney while telling his own personal story as the grandson of a Mexican immigrant maid whose hard work paved the way for his political and legal career.
September 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Alleged Petition Fraud Kills 2 Ballot Initiatives in North Dakota
Secretary of State Al Jaeger announced that the fraudulent signatures have disqualified the proposed state conservation fund measure and medical marijuana initiatives from the ballot.
September 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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GAO: Congress Can Vote on Obama's Welfare Changes
Under the policy, federal waivers would allow states to test new approaches to improving employment among low-income families. In exchange, states would have to prove that their new methods are effective, or lose the waivers.
September 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Court Favors Children of Undocumented Immigrants in Florida Tuition Case
A federal judge found that Florida’s rule classifying students according to their parents’ undocumented immigration status violates the Constitution’s equal protection provision.
September 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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U.S. Alerts 39 Countries of Worldwide Yosemite Hantavirus Risk
U.S. health officials have sent warnings to 39 other countries that their citizens who stayed in Yosemite National Park tent cabins this summer may have been exposed to a deadly mouse-borne hantavirus.
September 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Endangered North Carolina Democrats Put on Brave Faces at Convention
Republicans used control of the State Legislature to redraw congressional districts in their favor, leading two House Democrats to retire and putting another two in serious jeopardy.
September 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Romney Failed Massachusetts, Gov. Deval Patrick Tells DNC
Governor Deval Patrick said that Mitt Romney “talks a lot about all the things he’s fixed, but I can tell you Massachusetts wasn’t one of them."
September 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Democrat Krupicka Wins Special Virginia Election
Democrat Rob Krupicka decisively wona low-turnout, three-candidate special election to fill the unexpired term of former state delegate David L. Englin.
September 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
6,968
The number of local governments in Illinois, which is the most of any state. View state-by-state data from the Census of Governments null
September 04, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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