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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.

Killing the Medicaid Expansion Controversy
There are benefits to expanding Medicaid -- like reduced death rates, according to a new study -- but what are the real costs?
August 23, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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The number of days that the two people responsible for starting the largest wildfire in Arizona's history will spend in jail. The pair admitted to leaving a campfire unattended, which led to the destruction of 840 square miles and cost approximately $83 million to extinguish.
August 23, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
If you don’t like New York, you don’t have to come to New York. You don’t have to sell your products here. And perhaps we won’t come to your concerts.
New York state Senator Malcolm Smith, after rapper Lil Wayne said that he doesn't like New York. Smith called a news conference to demand an apology from the rapper.
August 23, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Tax Hike Needed for Civil War if Obama Wins, Says Texas Official
A Lubbock County, Texas, judge is asking for a tax increase to hire deputies for the inevitable civil war he believes would follow President Obama's re-election.
August 23, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Michigan Gov. Snyder Gives Up on State Health Exchange
Gov. Rick Snyder is abandoning hopes of setting up a state-run health insurance exchange system after repeatedly failing to convince fellow Republicans in the state House to authorize the program.
August 23, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
New Jersey College Merger Bill Gets Christie's Signature
Gov. Christie gave his ceremonial imprimatur at Rutgers-Camden to a historic overhaul of the state's higher education system, one of his greatest political triumphs.
August 23, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Tampa Mayor: Isaac Could Cancel Republican Convention
Tampa, Fla., Mayor Bob Buckhorn said he would have no problem delaying, canceling or moving the Republican National Convention in a worst-case scenario where a hurricane-strength storm hit the city.
August 23, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Election iPhone App Fact-checks Attack Ads
The Super PAC App for the iPhone has already climbed to No. 4 on iTunes’ list of most-downloaded free news applications.
August 23, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Poll: Attitudes Soften on Children of Illegal Immigrants
Four in 10 Americans now favor "providing free public education, school lunches and other benefits" to children whose parents are in the USA illegally, up from 28 percent in 1995.
August 23, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
CBO: Recession Imminent If Tax Hikes, Budget Cuts Not Averted
The U.S. economy will hurtle into a recession if Congress fails to avert a series of tax increases and budget cuts due in January, the Congressional Budget Office said.
August 23, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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