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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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Medical Marijuana Outdoor-Ad Ban Finalized in Denver
The council approved the citywide ban unanimously.
August 22, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Young Illegal Immigrants Poised to Get Licenses in California
The issue of granting driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants has raged in the Legislature for much of the past decade, without resolution, but fighting is largely moot now due to a new federal policy that gives a select group of undocumented immigrants the right to live and work in the United States for two years without fear of deportation.
August 22, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Court: Texas Can Defund Planned Parenthood
Texas officials are vowing to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood after a federal court sided with the state in a challenge over a new law that bans clinics affiliated with abortion providers from getting money through a health program for low-income women.
August 22, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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The number of states -- in this case, Montana -- with no anti-bullying law.
August 21, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Leave banks can become a de facto deferred-compensation program. It's a huge unfunded liability.
Dave Gilb, a former head of California's personnel department. Recent investigations revealed that excessive leave hours built up by state parks managers led to a larger revelation that the state Department of Parks and Recreation hid millions of dollars even while threatening to close parks.
August 21, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Corbett Administration Rips Feds over Voter ID Law Request
The Corbett administration has issued a strong rebuke to what it called an "unprecedented" request by the U.S. Justice Department for information related to the state's new voter identification law.
August 21, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Bill to Parole Some Juvenile Murderers Sent to California Gov. Brown
Gov. Jerry Brown has until the end of September to act on it.
August 21, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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National Public Safety Wireless Network Starting to Take Shape
Harris County, Texas, rolls out the first pieces of what could become a nationwide broadband wireless network for public safety.
August 21, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Special Session on Federal Health Law in Store for California Lawmakers
Gov. Jerry Brown has told legislative leaders he intends to call a special session to deal with issues related to the federal healthcare law signed by President Obama in 2010.
August 21, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California's Park Scandal Prompted by Accumulated State Worker Leave
What started as a quiet scheme to draw down excessive leave hours built up by state parks managers quickly spread, first to hardship cases and then to the rank and file, according to recently released state investigative documents.
August 21, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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