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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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Miami-Dade Mayor Wins Reelection; Rival Refuses to Admit Defeat
Mayor Carlos Gimenez cruised to victory but his chief rival, County Commission Chairman Joe Martinez, refused to concede despite returns that showed Gimenez winning by nearly 25 percentage points.
August 15, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Florida Primaries Send More Than a Dozen to Tallahassee
Miami Dade and Broward voters returned three incumbents to Tallahassee and elected the state’s first openly gay state representative in what was one of the most bitterly fought primary seasons on record.
August 15, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Maryland Gambling Bill Passes During Special Session
Voters would get the final say in November on whether the plan goes forward, following what is expected to be a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign.
August 15, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Feds Push States to Adopt Virginia's Drunken-Driving Law
Six weeks after Virginia began enforcing one of the toughest drunken-driving laws in the nation, federal officials said they are finalizing plans to entice other states to follow suit.
August 15, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Longtime Wisconsin State Legislators Lose in Primaries
Rep. Jason Fields (D-Milwaukee) lost to community organizer Mandela Barnes, and Rep. Peggy Krusick (D-Milwaukee) lost to law student Daniel Riemer.
August 15, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Poll: Why 90 Million Americans Won't Vote in November
A nationwide USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll of people who are eligible to vote but aren't likely to do so finds that these stay-at-home Americans back Obama's re-election over Republican Mitt Romney by more than 2-1.
August 15, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
6th
Brian Bachmann, who was fatally shot Monday near Texas A&M University, is the sixth law enforcement official killed so far this year in Texas. View the number of police officer deaths from 1990 to 2011 null
August 14, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Is Your City Age-Friendly?
Take the World Health Organization's survey to see if your city is age-friendly.
August 14, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$166.9 million
The amount of health insurance rebates that Texans received, which is more than any other state, under the Affordable Care Act. The law requires insurance companies to return a portion of the premiums if they spend less than 80 percent on medical care.
August 14, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
He should retire to his plantation and let the rest of us continue to embrace the 21st century.
Rob Godfrey, the spokesperson for South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, referring to activist John Rainey who filed a lawsuit alleging Haley used her position as a state representative for personal gain. The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of the dismissal of Rainey's original lawsuit.
August 14, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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