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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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Abortions Based on Gender May be Banned in U.S. House
The House is set to vote on a controversial bill that aims to ban sex-selective abortions by fining or imprisoning doctors who perform them.
May 30, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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8-Term U.S. Rep. Reyes Ousted in Texas Primary
Former city Rep. Beto O'Rourke bucked a nationwide trend Tuesday night by ousting eight-term U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes in the 16th Congressional District race. Nationally, challengers rarely defeat incumbents in primary elections, and only a few exceptions have occurred so far this election cycle.
May 30, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Sex Offenders Face Growing Restrictions on Public Places
From North Carolina to Washington State, communities have designated swimming pools, parks and school bus stops as “child safety zones,” off limits to some sex offenders. The proliferation of such restrictions reflects the continued concerns of parents and lawmakers about potential recidivism among sex offenders. But it has also increasingly raised questions about their effectiveness, as well as their fairness.
May 30, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas Lt. Gov. Dewhurst to Face Tea Party-Backed Cruz in Runoff Election
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst failed to capture the 50 percent necessary to win the Republican nomination Tuesday, forcing him into an unpredictable nine week run-off campaign with former state Solicitor General Ted Cruz, a tea party favorite who garnered the blessing of conservative luminaries such as Sarah Palin, Rick Santorum and Sen. Jim DeMint.
May 30, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Romney Clinches the GOP Nomination with Texas Primary Win
Mitt Romney will win the 1,144 delegates required to secure the GOP nomination for president Tuesday with an easy victory in Texas’s Republican primary.
May 30, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Cory Booker's Communications Director Resigns After Obama Remarks
When Newark Mayor Cory Booker went on "Meet the Press" earlier this month and called President Obama’s attacks on Bain Capital "nauseating," he put himself in the crosshairs of everyone from national political figures to liberal pundits.
May 30, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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$1 Cigarette Tax Hike Passes Illinois Legislature
The Illinois Senate has given final passage to a measure that will hike the state tax on cigarettes by $1, to a total of $1.98 per pack, with the income to be used for state health care costs.
May 30, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California High-Speed Rail Project Hires New CEO
The California High-Speed Rail Authority voted to hire as its new chief executive a former Caltrans director who now works for a leading private contractor on the state rail project.
May 30, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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The number of tax collectors and auditors that Idaho hired in fiscal year 2011 to narrow the "tax gap" between the amount of taxes due and the amount that go unpaid. The added staff brought in more than $26.3 million and helped the state have its first budget surplus since 2008.
May 29, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Don't you have an expectation when you pay $30 to find true love that it won't turn out to be a sex offender?
Illinois state Rep. John Bradley, on the topic of regulating Internet dating services. A bill in the Legislature would require Internet dating services to either conduct criminal background checks on all their members, or post online warnings specifying that they don’t conduct such screenings.
May 29, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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