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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.

California Governor-elect Jerry Brown
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Gov. Brown's Tax Measure Can Be First on California Ballot, Judge Rules
A judge cleared the way for the governor's tax initiative to appear first among the propositions on the November ballot, possibly increasing its chances of passing.
July 10, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$7.25
The new wage of nearly 400 city workers in Scranton, Pa. where Mayor Chris Doherty temporarily cut police, firefighters and his own pay, among others.
July 10, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
You must buy health insurance or pay the new Gestapo -- the I.R.S.
Maine Gov. Paul LePage, who blasted the Supreme Court for upholding the federal health-care reform law in a radio address. He later apologized and said it wasn't his “intent to insult anyone” or to “minimize the fact that millions of people were murdered" in Nazi Germany.
July 10, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Perry Rejects Medicaid Expansion, Health Exchange
Texas Gov. Rick Perry joined several other Republican governors in declaring that his state should decline to expand Medicaid and leave creation of a health insurance exchange to the federal government.
July 10, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Cyber-Bullying Law Signed in New York
New York teachers who learn that a student has been bullied online will be required to report the incident to school administrators within one day, under a law signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo.
July 10, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas Voter ID Law is Necessary, Officials Say in Court
Texas officials defended the state's new controversial voter photo ID law at a federal trial, saying the law should be implemented despite Justice Department claims it would discriminate against minorities.
July 10, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New York Rep. Charles Rangel’s Opponent Concedes Defeat
State Senator Adriano Espaillat said that Representative Charles B. Rangel’s margin of victory in the June 26 Democratic primary was insurmountable.
July 10, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry Rejects Medicaid Expansion
Texas Gov. Rick Perry joined other Republican governors in rejecting the federal expansion of the Medicaid program. Now health care providers in the state would like to see Perry's alternative health care plan. Others praised the governor's decision.
July 10, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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School is Too Easy, U.S. Students Report
Millions of kids simply don't find school very challenging, a new analysis of federal survey data suggests
July 10, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Obesity May Qualify as Impairment, Montana Supreme Court Rules
The state Supreme Court says obesity qualifies as an impairment in some cases under the Montana Human Rights Act, potentially allowing obese people to seek greater protection against discrimination.
July 10, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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