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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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Pennsylvania is 4th State to Report on Female Athletic Opportunities
Pennsylvania becomes the fourth state, after Georgia, Kentucky and New Mexico, to require such reporting, 40 years after the passage of Title IX, the federal law mandating equity in sports and academics at all schools receiving federal money.
July 23, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Milwaukee is 1st to Add Green Infrastructure Requirement to Wastewater Permitting
A draft state wastewater discharge permit for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District is the first in the U.S. to add this regulatory wrinkle: requiring rooftop plantings and installation of other "green infrastructure" - not sewer pipes or storage tunnels - to collect and absorb storm water.
July 23, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Online Sales Taxes Get Iowa Gov. Branstad's Support
Gov. Terry Branstad is joining other Republican and Democratic governors nationally in seeking the collection of sales taxes on online purchases.
July 23, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Homeless Court Serves Pragmatic Justice in Salt Lake City
There are about 25 in the country, most of them in California.
July 23, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
They are now the masters of their own fate. If they comply, they will get the money. If they don't, they won't.
Larry Winter, a member of Georgia's Board of Education, which took the unprecedented step of stripping Dougherty County School District of federal funding over concerns that it exaggerated the number of students who qualify for federal meal assistance.
July 20, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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The number of states, which are Maine and Vermont, that give prison inmates the right to vote.
July 20, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Pennsylvania to Unveil New Voter ID Card
The sole purpose of the new ID is to help voters who have thus far been unable to get the types of identification the new law requires in order to vote in the fall election.
July 20, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Mentally Ill in California Need More Inpatient Treatment: Report
The number of state hospital psychiatric beds fell 14% nationwide from 2005 to 2010, pushing the mentally ill into emergency rooms and prisons.
July 20, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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States Consider HHS Welfare Waivers Proposal
The U.S. Health and Human Services Department announced it would grant states waivers to give greater flexibility in their TANF (commonly known as welfare) programs that financially support poor Americans as they look for work.
July 20, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Sports Concussion Laws Are a Headache for States
Youth in 38 states who show signs of concussion will no longer be returned to play without clearance from a health care professional. But which professionals are truly qualified to make that call?
July 20, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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