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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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Christie May Let Feds Run New Jersey's Health Exchange
He said that could be a cheaper option for the move required by the health-care overhaul.
July 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Miami-Dade Schools Raise Human-Trafficking Awareness
The Miami-Dade school district, together with federal agencies, law enforcement and social service groups, is working to raise awareness of human sex trafficking in an effort to prevent school-age kids from being lured into prostitution.
July 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Michigan Sues Over Detroit Water Bill
The state of Michigan has long disputed that it owes Detroit millions in unpaid bills that led to a legal challenge of the city's consent agreement. Now it's going to court to try to prove it.
July 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
12%
The reduction in crime that resulted from a 10 percent increase in tree cover in Baltimore. The study concluded that the more trees an area has, the less crime it has.
June 29, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
It’s mostly sunny.
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II, on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to largely uphold President Obama's health-care reform law. Cuccinelli was the first state attorney general in the nation to file a lawsuit over the law.
June 29, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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South Carolina Gov. Haley Calls Accuser 'Racist, Sexist Bigot' in Ethics Hearing
Gov. Nikki Haley told the House Ethics Committee that she hasn’t broken the state ethics law, hurling back accusations against the man who has alleged for months that she did. None of the witnesses who testified alleged any wrongdoing by the governor.
June 29, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ken Cuccinelli, Anti-Obamacare Leader, Likes Court's Ruling
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II (R), the first attorney general in the nation to file a lawsuit over President Obama’s health-care overhaul, said the ruling upheld individual liberty and curbed federal power even as it left the law in place.
June 29, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Suspended San Francisco Sheriff Asks for Redemption at Ethics Panel
Suspended San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi testified that he committed a violent act against his wife, and that such conduct falls below official standards of his staff and reflects adversely on the department.
June 29, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Virginia Lieutenant Governor Race Adds Scott Lingamfelter
Del. L. Scott Lingamfelter (R-Prince William) made it official that he had filed paperwork to run for lieutenant governor next year.
June 29, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Supreme Court Health Ruling Seen as Win for Massachusetts
Massachusetts laid the groundwork for the 2010 federal health care overhaul with its 2006 health care law. The state and federal plans share a key component: an individual mandate requiring nearly everyone have insurance or face tax penalties.
June 29, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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