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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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Governing Podcasts
The Female Mayor Who Doesn't Want to Talk About Being a Woman
At least she didn't used to. Now, she says, times have changed.
June 20, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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EPA Approves Oklahoma's First-in-Nation Coal Ash Plan
Oklahoma will become the first state in the nation to oversee coal ash disposal within its borders, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday, a decision that pleased utility companies and worried environmentalists.
June 20, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
'This Practice Is Illegal': New York Vows to Sue Trump Over Family Separations
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will sue the federal government over its policy of separating immigrant children from their parents at the southern border, as more than 70 of those children have wound up in facilities in New York State _ with a federal source telling the New York Daily News the number of separated children here is even higher, 311.
June 20, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Another Governor Bars State Resources From Separating Immigrant Families
Gov. Phil Murphy signed an executive order on Tuesday that will bar any state resources from being used to help federal authorities separate children and their parents who are seeking to enter the U.S.
June 20, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Minimum Wage Hike for Tipped Workers Wins D.C. Voters' Approval
D.C. voters backed Initiative 77 Tuesday, raising the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025, up from the current level of $12.50, and phasing out the $3.33 an hour minimum wage for tipped workers.
June 20, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Unprecedented Police Accountability Bill Advances in California
California would lead the U.S. in significantly changing the standard for when police can fire their weapons under legislation that cleared its first hurdle Tuesday after an emotionally charged debate over deadly shootings that have roiled the country.
June 20, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
In Medicaid Expansion Dispute, a Second Judge Rules Against Maine's Defiant Governor
In a high-stakes and fast-moving legal dispute, Gov. Paul LePage on Monday filed a second appeal of a lower court ruling requiring the administration to move forward with an expansion of Medicaid approved by Maine voters in 2017.
June 20, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Legal marijuana is coming to a city near you.
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, in his announcement of a new coalition of city leaders who will lobby Congress and the Trump administration to increase local control over marijuana policy.
June 15, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$75,150
What people in Hawaii need to earn to afford a two-bedroom apartment at fair market prices without spending more than 30 percent of their income on rent. That so-called housing wage is more than any other state's.
June 15, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
'Sanctuary Cities' Could Be Sued by Crime Victims If GOP Bill Passes
So-called sanctuary jurisdictions that decline to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement could be held liable for failing to detain people in the U.S. illegally for deportation proceedings, under draft legislation proposed Thursday by House Republican leaders.
June 15, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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