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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.

Who Said That
I cannot have any more deaths on my conscience because we did not take action.
Mike Rawlings, the mayor of Dallas, where the nation's West Nile virus outbreak is the worst. It prompted the county to spray insecticide from the air for the first time in nearly 50 years.
August 17, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
232,654
The number of full-time equivalent parks and recreation workers on local government payrolls in 2010. View trends and estimates for each sector of local government.
August 17, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Delaware Law Cracks Down on Child Abuse
Gov. Jack Markell signed legislation aiming to boost Delaware’s ability to track child abuse.
August 17, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Report: State Financial Reporting Has Room for Improvement
Oracle survey finds that states are moving away from manual reporting processes.
August 17, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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UNC Chancellor Asks Auditors to Probe Academic Fraud
UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp, under increasing pressure to dig deeper into an academic fraud scandal that has now drawn national attention, said he is bringing in a former governor and a national management consulting firm to look for "any additional academic irregularities that may have occurred."
August 17, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Florida, Feds Reach Deal to Screen Voters
State officials have for months been seeking approval to use a federal immigration database to see if some registered voters were non-U.S. citizens and ineligible to vote.
August 17, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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CDC Recommends Hepatitis Test for Baby Boomers
It can take decades for the blood-borne virus to cause liver damage and symptoms to emerge, so many people don't know they are harboring it.
August 17, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Federal Court Rejects Florida Early Voting Law
The Republican-controlled Florida legislature last year cut the number of early-voting days to 8 from 12.
August 17, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Boston Mayor Requests State's Help on Teacher Talks
In a rare move, a frustrated Mayor Thomas M. Menino asked state labor ­officials to investigate the more than two-year stalemate over a new teacher contract and to recommend a resolution.
August 17, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Sex Offender Program in Minnesota Must Become Less Restrictive, Judge Rules
A federal judge has ordered Minnesota to reform its system for civilly committing and confining paroled sex offenders to indefinite treatment, a controversial practice that has drawn international criticism because almost no one has gotten out.
August 17, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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