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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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New Primary System Put to Test in California
New rules call for the top two finishers in nearly all state and federal races to face off in November regardless of party. Voters will decide on a tobacco tax hike and changes in term limits.
June 05, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Wisconsin Recall: Full Election Coverage
Learn who won Tuesday's historic elections, why Gov. Scott Walker was almost ousted, how the outcome could have a nationwide impact, and more.
June 04, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Wisconsin Recall: Gov. Walker Leads by 3 Points
PPP's final poll on the Wisconsin recall finds Scott Walker ahead, but also a race that's tightening.
June 04, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
3,300
The number of local government job losses nationwide last month as a result of education cuts.
June 04, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
If you go by the police reports, all around New York City, there are people standing around with their palms outstretched with a bit of marijuana in them.
Harry Levine, a sociology professor at Queens College in New York, where Gov. Andrew Cuomo has asked lawmakers to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana -- something more than a dozen states have done. According to Levine's analysis of state data, New York City made more arrests (50,684) for low-level pot possession than for any other offense last year.
June 04, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Missouri Recovers $300 Million in Tax Revenue
Missouri data warehouse unites taxpayer data to maximize yields for state coffers.
June 04, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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States Get Federal Money to Improve Aging and Disability Centers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced a $25 million grant to help states improve and develop more Aging and Disability Resource Centers, which help low-income adults remain in their communities by using local home health care services.
June 04, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Cuomo Pushes to Decriminalize Possession of Small Amounts of Pot
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo plans to ask legislators for a change in New York State law that would drastically reduce the number of people who could be arrested for marijuana possession as a result of police stops.
June 04, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Public Universities Pushing ‘Super-Seniors’ to Graduate in 4 Years
Some of the nation’s top public universities are prodding dallying students toward the graduation stage, trying to change a campus culture that assumes four-year completion is the exception rather than the rule.
June 04, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Gay Rights Supporter to Leave New York State Senate
State Senator Thomas K. Duane, who first burst onto the political scene two decades ago, when he disclosed during a successful bid for City Council that he was H.I.V. positive, and later made his mark as the first openly gay member of the Senate, has decided not to seek re-election.
June 04, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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