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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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Governors Take Center Stage at Republican National Convention
Convention organizers have stacked the schedule with nearly a dozen Republican governors who have defined the party’s agenda — and helped redefine its national brand — since 2008.
August 27, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Isaac Delays Start of Republican Convention
Republicans will cancel the first night of the Tampa convention due to the onset of Tropical Storm Isaac.
August 27, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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All 9 Injured Bystanders Shot by Police in Empire State Incident
The shooting was a rare example of the drawbacks posed by so-called hollow-point bullets, which have become standard issue for many law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, as a replacement for traditional bullets that can pass right through a suspect.
August 27, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Medical Marijuana Backers Trying Again to Add PTSD to List of Qualifying Conditions in Oregon
Two previous attempts to add PTSD to Oregon's program have failed, and Colorado and Arizona officials recently rejected efforts to add the condition to their medical marijuana programs.
August 27, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Rethinking the Parking Lot
Everything we know about the automobile is under scrutiny, and so is everything we know about the parking lot. Should they be made of concrete or grass? Is their greatest purpose to generate revenue, store cars or act as a public space for people?
August 24, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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At Least 1 Dead in Shooting Near Empire State Building
A man who opened fire on the crowded streets outside the Empire State Building in New York City, shooting indiscriminately and hitting multiple people, appears to have been motivated by a workplace dispute, not terrorism, according to an FBI official who received the initial reports from police on the scene.
August 24, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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The rise in the portion of part-time public workers in Utah from 2010 to 2011, according to census data, representing a trend among many state and local governments hiring more part-time workers to fill the void left by a gradually shrinking public workforce.
August 24, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Nobody will confuse a yellow car with a 75-foot-long train car that runs underground.
New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission Chairman David Yassky, on officials’ concerns that the city’s new logo for cabs, which replaces the word “taxi” with a simple “T,” might be too similar to the under-construction T train which will eventually run underneath Second Avenue.
August 24, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kris Kobach Challenges New Obama Immigration Policy
A group of immigration agents, led by the Kansas Secretary of State, is suing the administration over its deportation policy for young illegal immigrants.
August 24, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Utah Medicaid Quits Paying for Hospital Errors
If consumers are curious to know where these most serious of medical errors are happening, they’re out of luck. Names of reporting hospitals are kept confidential and reporting is spotty.
August 24, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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