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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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Charter Schools Have New Accountability System in New Jersey
The annual "Performance Framework" will examine academic achievement, financial performance, and governance in the state's 86 charter schools. Schools will do a self-review, evaluated by the state. Previously, the state simply relied on each school's initial application plan.
July 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Gov. Signs High-Speed Rail Bill
Gov. Jerry Brown signed the $8 billion bill to kick off high-speed rail construction and showed no sign he was worried about voters' increasing skepticism for the rail line.
July 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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House Panel Votes to Defund Health-Care Reform Law
The subcommittee approved the Labor-Health and Human Services appropriations bill on a mostly party-line vote of 8-6. The bill would cut $1.3 billion in funding for HHS.
July 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Report: Abortions Tougher to Get in U.S. as Result of New State Laws
American women face increasing legal obstacles to obtaining abortions as more states pass laws restricting access, some so stringent they approach a ban on the procedure, according to a report by the Center for Reproductive Rights.
July 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Poll: Most D.C. Residents Want Mayor Gray to Resign
Fifty-four percent overall say Vincent Gray should resign, while 37 percent say he should not and 9 percent have no opinion.
July 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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D.C.'s Anti-HIV Efforts Must Improve, Report Says
The advocacy group D.C. Appleseed called it “troubling” that recently released D.C. Health Department data for 2010 show slight increases in three measures: the HIV transmission rate, the number of new HIV diagnoses and the proportion of new AIDS diagnoses that had progressed from HIV to AIDS in less than 12 months.
July 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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FCC to Investigate 911 Verizon Outages
The Federal Communications Commission has opened an inquiry into what prevented Verizon’s Northern Virginia customers from getting through to several 911 emergency centers after the brutal June 29 storms.
July 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Congressional Republicans Wary of Online Sales Tax Bill
The lawmakers tend to view — or fear their constituents will view — the measures as a tax increase. And that just won’t fly in 2012.
July 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Prescription Drug Abuse Targeted in U.S. House Bill
Four House lawmakers will introduce legislation requiring most pain drugs to adopt abuse-deterring safeguards, the broadest congressional attempt at curbing the nation's prescription-drug problem.
July 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Most Members of Congress Keep Their Tax Returns Secret
Hundreds of lawmakers from both parties refuse to release their tax records at at time when Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is being pressured to disclose his tax returns.
July 19, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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