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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
Legalization isn’t in the president’s vocabulary.
Gil Kerlikowske, drug czar for the Obama administration, which has said that it opposes any efforts to legalize marijuana. In November, Colorado, Oregon and Washington state voters will decide whether to legalize the drug for commercial use.
July 25, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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The number of states that require high school students to take a CPR training course in order to graduate. North Carolina is already one of these states, but Gov. Bev Perdue is expected to sign a bill that enforces the requirement.
July 25, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Chicago Hires 477 More Teachers for Longer School Day
Chicago Public Schools has agreed to hire nearly 500 teachers so students can put in a longer school day without extending the workday for most teachers.
July 25, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Near-Bankrupt San Bernardino, California Votes to Suspend Debt Payments
San Bernardino, the third California city planning to file for bankruptcy since June, voted to stop debt payments, freeze vacant jobs and quit paying into a retiree health fund under a three-month emergency proposal submitted to the city council
July 25, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New Orleans Police, Plagued by Scandal, to Enact Reforms
Taking aim at a long history of civil rights abuses, corruption and slipshod oversight within the New Orleans Police Department, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu unfurled a bevy of sweeping reforms in the nation's most expansive consent decree to date.
July 25, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
cybersecurity
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State Systems for Overseas Voters Vulnerable to Hacking, Report Says
States trying to make it easier for troops overseas to vote have set up voting systems that are vulnerable to hacking when they allow voters to return ballots online, via e-mail, or Internet fax, says a state-by-state report
July 25, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
D.C. Commuter Tax Faces Opposition in Maryland, Virginia
A commuter tax for the District of Columbia could reappear on the Congressional agenda later this year, but Maryland and Virginia Democrats — typically staunch supporters of the District — feel the same way they did when the issue came up several years ago: They hate the idea.
July 25, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Kids Count Report: Economic Distress Takes Toll on Children
The percentage of children living in poverty in the U.S. is on the rise, according to the new Kids Count report, which also finds more children living in single-parent homes and with parents struggling to afford housing.
July 25, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Oregon's Anti-Meth Law Viewed as Solution to National Epidemic
While state and federal law enforcement officials agreed the landmark 2006 law making the crucial ingredient a prescription drug is a success and the number of meth labs in Oregon has sharply declined, members of a House Subcommittee reacted skeptically.
July 25, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
762 Medical Marijuana Dispensaries to Close in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to ban all pot dispensaries, while also opening the door to possibly let some remain.
July 25, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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