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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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Texting Unites Patients with Providers in Oregon
Text messaging has become the backbone behind a new mobile health program in Clackamas County, Ore.
May 29, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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2 Murder Suspects Escape from Arkansas Jail
Authorities in southwestern Arkansas have launched a manhunt for two murder suspects who escaped from jail before dawn on Monday by cutting through the window bars of their second-story cell with a hacksaw.
May 29, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Maryland Gov. O'Malley Gets Advice on Presidential Run from Gingrich
Newt Gingrich’s advice to Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley if he runs for president in 2016: “Raise a lot of money.”
May 29, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Censured New York Rep. Rangel Struggles to Raise Campaign Funds
With campaign contributions to Rep. Charles Rangel, the Harlem congressman since 1971, dropping precipitously — he barely broke $60,000 over the last three months — his political fate has become a source of concern for colleagues in Washington who are suddenly opening their wallets for him.
May 29, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Fewer Americans Take Advantage of Federal Relief Programs
Three years after the recession officially ended, most of the nation's safety-net programs finally are serving fewer people, an analysis of government data shows. Only Medicaid, the federal-state health care program for the poor, remains at its peak.
May 29, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Bill Banning Cell Phones in Emergency Areas Awaits Illinois Governor's Signature
Under the legislation, anyone using a cell phone, camera or video camera while driving within 500 feet of an emergency area, including all areas where emergency vehicles are parked with their lights turned on, will receive a traffic citation and fine of up to $75.
May 29, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Some States Crack Down on Tax Collections
A handful of cash-strapped states are getting more aggressive about collecting every tax owed - hiring more collectors, hounding scofflaws and exploiting corners of their tax laws that haven't been enforced in years. It's an effort to avoid what politicians from both parties are dead set against: raising taxes.
May 29, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Most Tobacco Money California Collects Doesn't Pay to Prevent or Stop Smoking
With California voters poised to vote next week on a tobacco tax hike, a new federal study concludes that the state has used relatively little of the billions of dollars in tobacco money it already takes in to prevent kids from smoking or to help smokers quit.
May 29, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
56%
The portion of registered Florida voters who support the state's controversial Stand Your Ground law, according to a recent poll.
May 25, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
If someone wants to stop us, then let them try to stop us.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, after announcing that the state will defy a federal ban and let people begin betting on sports this fall.
May 25, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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