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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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In a First, LAPD Voluntarily Releases Body Camera Video
The Los Angeles Police Department, roiled more than two decades ago by an infamous police beating video, entered a new era Wednesday, publicly releasing police body camera video in what will be a regular process aimed at increasing transparency when officers use force.
June 21, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Traffic Cameras Could Cost Ohio Cities Millions After Ruling
The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously sided with the state against the city of Toledo in a decision that could cost the city millions of dollars if it continues to use stationary traffic cameras.
June 21, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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2020 DNC Host Finalists Narrow to 3 Cities
Houston is one of three cities still in the running to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention after party officials cut the list of potential sites in half.
June 21, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kansas' Kris Kobach Enforces Voting Law Ruled Unconstitutional
The elections director for Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach told county clerks Wednesday to comply with a federal court ruling that bans voter registration requirements, reversing preliminary guidance that left the issue in limbo for two days.
June 21, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump Administration and California Clash in Court Over State's Immigration 'Sanctuary' Law
Trump administration lawyers and California's attorney general jousted in a Sacramento courtroom Wednesday over a trio of laws designed to limit the state's involvement in enforcing federal immigration policy.
June 21, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Atlanta Mayor Bans Jails From Accepting New ICE Detainees
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Wednesday announced that she had signed an executive order prohibiting the city's jail from accepting new detainees of the U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.
June 21, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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'How Is It Possible That None of Us Knew?' NYC Mayor on Hundreds of Separated Kids Sent There
There are 239 immigrant children separated from their parents and now in the custody of a social service organization in East Harlem that is placing them in foster homes, Mayor de Blasio said Wednesday -- and the youngest is just 9 months old.
June 21, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Indicted in Investigation He Initiated
A federal investigation initiated when West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry brought his concerns about Supreme Court spending to federal investigators has culminated with Loughry himself being indicted on 22 federal charges alleging fraud, witness tampering and lying to investigators.
June 21, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Liberals please continue on I-40 until you have left our GREAT STATE OF TEXAS
Billboard in Texas
June 20, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
393 million
Civilian-owned guns in the United States, which outnumbers the population. The country holds roughly 40 percent of the world's firearms but only makes up about 4 percent of the global population.
June 20, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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