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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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Missouri Gov. Nixon Endorses Clay for Congress
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon endorsed Rep. William Lacy Clay in his Democratic primary fight against Rep. Russ Carnahan.
May 03, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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DEA Left UC Student Unattended in Jail Cell for 5 Days
UC San Diego student Daniel Chong, swept up in a raid with eight others, says he went without food, water and access to a toilet while in the cell. He spent five days in the hospital recovering from his ordeal.
May 03, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Los Angeles Police Policy Change Favors Immigrants
Los Angeles has decided not to impound unlicensed drivers’ cars automatically. Checkpoints aimed at drunken drivers often turn up illegal migrants.
May 03, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Republican Missouri Lawmaker Announces He's Gay, Denounces 'Don't Say Gay' Bill
According to the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, Zach Wyatt is now the only openly gay Republican currently serving in a state legislature in the United States.
May 03, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Execution Drug Running Out in Oklahoma
Oklahoma, which executes more prisoners per capita than any other state, said on Wednesday it has only one remaining dose of pentobarbital, a key drug used to kill condemned prisoners. Oklahoma is the first state to publicly admit it has nearly exhausted supplies of the drug but other states may follow because of the European Union's ban on the sale of the drug.
May 03, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Everyone thinks it's too big of a problem to be solved by any state.
Alabama Revenue Commissioner Julie Magee, on the low rate of taxpayers -- a mere 1.6 percent in 2009 -- who pay "use taxes", which levy Internet transactions and other untaxed goods.
May 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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The increase from last year in the number of undocumented children without parents in the U.S. who were turned over to the Office of Refugee Resettlement in the first six months of this fiscal year. As a result, hundreds of children have been sleeping on cots in gyms and in an Air Force dorm in Texas.
May 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Write-In Votes Put 2 Pennsylvania Democrats on November Ballot
Two Adams County residents received enough write-in votes in the primary to appear on the November general election ballot as Democratic candidates for the state General Assembly.
May 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Redistricting Sets Up Kansas Senate Showdown: Schodorf vs. Landwehr
The Senate has redrawn its members’ districts, including an amendment that sets up a primary election showdown between two popular Wichita Republicans, Sen. Jean Schodorf and Rep. Brenda Landwehr.
May 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Financial State Takeover Possible for Monroe, Ohio Schools
Officials with the Ohio Department of Education recommended to the state auditor's office that the Monroe school district be placed into fiscal emergency, which would be a first for any Butler County school system.
May 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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