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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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Prescription Drug Collection in West Virginia Yields 900 Lbs. More Than Last Year
West Virginia residents are “fed up” with rampant drug abuse, and proof came when they surrendered more than 2 tons of unwanted, unused or expired prescription medications across the state last weekend.
May 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Prescription Drug Databases Pit Access vs. Privacy
Balancing patient privacy rights and law enforcement’s access to prescription drug databases proves a difficult task, reports Stateline.org.
May 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Assisted Suicide, Most Late-Term Abortions Now Illegal in Georgia
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed into law two pieces of legislation to restrict late-term abortions and outlaw assisted suicide in the state. The first law makes Georgia the eighth U.S. state to outlaw most late-term abortions based on controversial research that a fetus can feel pain by that stage of development.
May 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Justice Department Probes Rape Allegations in Montana
The U.S. Justice Department has launched a probe into allegations that up to 80 complaints of sexual assault were not investigated thoroughly in a college town in Montana.
May 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Social Media Rules Limit New York Student-Teacher Contact
New York City public schoolteachers may not contact students through personal pages on Web sites like Facebook and Twitter, but can communicate via pages set up for classroom use, the city’s Education Department said after it released its first list of guidelines governing the use of social media by employees.
May 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Amazon Cuts Sales Tax Deals with States
The online retail company last week inked deals with Texas and Nevada to begin collecting sales taxes on purchases. The company has brokered seven such agreements in recent months while bills to standardize collection of Internet sales taxes nationwide are mired in politics on Capitol Hill.
May 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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May Day Protests End with Tear Gas, Violence
Thousands of protesters in New York demanded an end to income inequality and housing foreclosures. Police fired tear gas to disperse marchers in Oakland, Calif. And black-clad demonstrators smashed windows in Seattle.
May 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Welfare Drug Testing Clears Tennessee Legislature
Members of the state House of Representatives voted 73-17 for Senate Bill 2580, which calls for testing welfare recipients who fail a psychiatric screening meant to find indicators of drug use. The measure now goes to Gov. Bill Haslam for his signature.
May 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Christie Backs Wisconsin Gov. Walker in Recall Election
Gov. Chris Christie told voters that if they support Gov. Scott Walker’s fight to stay in office amid a recall effort, their state can follow what he described as New Jersey’s path toward economic recovery.
May 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Michigan Rep. Dingell to File for 30th Term in Congress
If re-elected, U.S. Rep. John Dingell would become the longest-serving member of Congress in June 2013, surpassing former Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, who died in 2010.
May 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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