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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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UCLA Defends Scholarship for Sean 'Diddy' Combs' Son
Some question whether the cash-strapped school should give the hip-hop mogul's son a free ride. UCLA says the scholarship awarded to Justin Combs, 18, doesn't come from state funds.
June 01, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
49%
The percentage of Wisconsin residents who plan to vote for Gov. Scott Walker in Tuesday's historic recall election. The same percentage of people are also planning to vote for his challenger, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, according to a poll conducted by the liberal Greater Wisconsin Committee, which supports Barrett.
May 31, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Scary thought: Many of the same pols that messed up 140 characters on #politwoops also wrote and voted for the 2,300-page Obamacare law.
U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg, in a deleted tweet, referring to the new website, Politwoops, which shares tweets that politicians posted and then deleted from Twitter.
May 31, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Convicted Pennsylvania Sen. Jane Orie Resigns
Facing sentencing on 14 criminal counts, Republican state Sen. Jane Orie resigned from the seat she has held for more than a decade.
May 31, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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21-Year-Old Running for Austin, Minnesota Mayor
Joey Miller, 21, is doing something a little unusual for his age: running for mayor.
May 31, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Black Clergy Target Voter Turnout Challenges
The Atlanta-based Conference of National Black Churches and the Congressional Black Caucus hosted a conference that focused on what they call a proliferation of legal hurdles to voting this year, including cost-cutting reductions to early voting; and ID laws.
May 31, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Arkansas Shaves Time Off Procurement Process
Arkansas’ online procurement system cuts paper usage by 117,000 pages a year, and reduces processing time from three months to less than six weeks.
May 31, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Struggling State Fairs Go Private
State fairs are facing a budget crunch, and one solution is to turn them over to private ownership.
May 31, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Cap-and-Trade Funding Bill Advances
The Assembly passed hotly contested legislation to regulate and restrict how money generated by California's new "cap-and-trade" program of marketing carbon emissions can be spent.
May 31, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Wal-Mart Leaves Conservative ALEC Group
Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer and biggest seller of firearms in the United States, is dropping out of a conservative advocacy group in the United States that has been criticized for promoting "Stand Your Ground" gun laws.
May 31, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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