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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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In Gay Wedding Cake Case, Supreme Court Rules in Baker's Favor
The Supreme Court ruled narrowly Monday for a Christian baker who refused to make a same-sex wedding cake, deciding that he was a victim of religious bias on the part of the state's civil rights commission.
June 04, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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'You Don't Look Like a Legislator': Ohio Lawmaker Stopped by Statehouse Security
State Rep. Emilia Sykes was walking to work in the Ohio Statehouse last year with a fellow lawmaker when she was stopped by security. Officers needed to search her bag, she was told.
June 04, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas Ordered to Reveal Its Execution Drug Supplier
Rejecting an appeal from state officials, the Texas Supreme Court on Friday let stand a lower-court ruling requiring Texas to identify the pharmacy that supplied its execution drugs as part of a 2014 legal challenge.
June 04, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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When Hackers Strike, Companies in Colorado Now Have 30 Days to Notify Customers
Democratic Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed a bill into law that would require that residents be notified by a company or other organization of a data breach within 30 days after it has been discovered.
June 04, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Governor's Race: Democrat Returns Money From Controversial GOP Donor
At a "Gavin for Governor" fundraiser last summer hosted by Republican donors in Newport Beach, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom accepted a $1,000 donation from a controversial Soviet émigré with an extensive history of misrepresenting his business dealings to investors and the U.S. Justice Department.
June 04, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Why California Added Oklahoma to Its Travel Ban
California-funded travel to Oklahoma has been banned, starting June 22, because of a new Oklahoma law that allows adoption agencies to deny placement services to same-sex parents, state officials announced Friday.
June 04, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Lava Strands Some Hawaiians With No Water or Power
Nearly a dozen people are stranded in an area cut off by lava following "vigorous eruptions" from the Kilauea volcano, Hawaii authorities announced Sunday.
June 04, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Connecticut Bans Bump Stocks
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a ban Thursday on so-called bump stocks -- the devices used last year by a shooter in Las Vegas who killed nearly 60 people and wounded hundreds more at an outdoor concert.
June 04, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Machine Gun Replica on Candidate's Float Gets Mixed Reactions at Kansas Parade
Kris Kobach made his way through a parade in Johnson County Saturday morning, waving from an American flag colored jeep with a large gun mounted in back.
June 04, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I am pro-life. Again, I am pro-life. I'm a mother of a 2-year-old daughter. I am for her and others to know in the state of Illinois she should have the same opportunities as men. Vote yes.
Illinois state Rep. Christine Winger, urging her Republican colleagues to ratify the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment. After Illinois' approval last week, the amendment is one state away from being added to the U.S. Constitution.
June 01, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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