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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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Virginia Sees $130M Surplus
The surplus comes from an increase in revenues and transfers as well as savings in state government.
July 31, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Arizona Judge Lets Abortion Ban Take Effect
Arizona joins the ranks of states banning abortions based on the concept of fetal pain now that a federal judge has ruled the state's 20-week ban is constitutional.
July 31, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ex-Texas Lawmaker to Lead Health Agency
Gov. Rick Perry appointed Dr. Kyle Janek, an Austin anesthesiologist and former state legislator, as executive commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to replace retiring Commissioner Toms Suehs.
July 31, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ted Cruz in Lead Heading into Texas Senate Runoff
PPP's final poll of the Republican Senate runoff in Texas finds Ted Cruz opening up a 52-42 lead over Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.
July 30, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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The number of Iowa's 150 state lawmakers who have taken up Gov. Terry Branstad's call for all state workers to voluntarily pay 20 percent of their health insurance.
July 30, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
There’s a lot of important outreach that needs to happen before January 1, 2014, and it’s going to be extremely difficult to do that when you have state leaders standing there saying, ‘Over our dead bodies.’ 
David Blatt, director of a state policy think tank in Oklahoma, where both political leaders and residents are skeptical of the federal government and the health-care reform law's insurance mandate. Jan. 1, 2014, marks the day when most Americans will be required to have health coverage.
July 30, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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'3-Strikes' Bill Sent Back to Massachusetts Legislature
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick told lawmakers that he supports a “three-strikes” policy for criminal sentencing, but only with a “safety value” that would give judges get more flexibility.
July 30, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Fate of Atlanta's Transportation Ballot Measure Uncertain
A majority of voters oppose the regional transportation referendum that will be on Tuesday's ballot, according to an exclusive poll by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
July 30, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Incumbents Losing at Higher Rate in State Races
Though incumbents continue to hold vast advantages over political newcomers, entrenched legislators in 2012 are losing primaries at a higher rate than they did in 2010, according to a Ballotpedia study.
July 30, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Utah Supreme Court Weighs Fate of 2010 Ethics Ballot Initiative
At issue is whether sweeping legislative ethics reform, in the form of an initiative sponsored by a citizens group called Utahns for Ethical Government (UEG), can advance to this November’s ballot.
July 30, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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