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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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State-Sponsored Sterilization Victims Should Be Compensated: Virginia Lawmaker
Between 1927 to 1979, Virginia sterilized about 8,000 people deemed unfit to reproduce for reasons such as mental illness, physical deformity or homelessness.
August 07, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas Gov. Perry Caught in Medicaid Contradiction
Perry has said he won't implement the healthcare law's Medicaid expansion. But his plan to cut off Planned Parenthood assumes that the Medicaid expansion will happen in Texas.
August 07, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Missouri GOP Senate Primary is Tossup to the End
The races worth watching today are in Michigan, Missouri and Washington. Kansas is also holding primaries, but all four Congressional races are rated as Safe Republican and not competitive this fall.
August 07, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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License-Plate Decals for Young Drivers Upheld by New Jersey High Court
Young drivers in New Jersey must continue to display controversial red decals on their license plates after the state's high court found the law constitutionally sound.
August 07, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New Utah High School One of 1st of Its Kind in U.S.
Local and national experts say the approach may be one of the first of its kind in the country — a regular public school that allows students to build their own schedules, cherry-picking classes from Salt Lake Community College, the district’s career and technical center, the district’s traditional high schools, and the school’s own face-to-face classes,
August 07, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Teleworking in Texas
The Lone Star State's health and human services agencies are looking to boost their virtual workforce, hoping to increase productivity and save money.
August 06, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
Nearly 60%
The portion of new academic programs or training opportunities that focused on green careers in 2011, according to the nonprofit Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. One report predicts that 4.2 million green jobs will be added over the next 30 years.
August 06, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
This is essentially the same bill that got the international ridicule, it’s just time-limited to four years.
Molly Diggins, director of the Sierra Club in North Carolina, where Gov. Bev Perdue allowed a bill to become law that bans the state from using a science panel’s recommendation to plan for rising sea levels until more studies are conducted in 2016.
August 06, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ex-Alabama Governor Siegelman Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison
Bringing an official end to one of the most notable political careers in Alabama history, a federal judge resentenced former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman to six and a half years in prison on bribery and conspiracy charges.
August 06, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Discovers $119M More in Untapped Funds
The additional money that lawmakers were unaware of includes funds for healthcare programs, reimbursement of crime victims and cleanup of underground petroleum tanks.
August 06, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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