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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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States' Rights at Stake in Arizona Immigration Court Case
Many across the country will be watching closely when the Supreme Court hears arguments on Wednesday on the bitterly disputed immigration enforcement law that was passed two years ago in Arizona, inspiring the Georgia statute and similar ones in Alabama, Indiana, South Carolina and Utah.
April 23, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Still Being Tweaked on Eve of Primary Election
The Corbett administration describes the primary as a "soft rollout" for the requirement that every voter must present an approved form of photo ID. All voters Tuesday will be asked for identification, but they will be allowed to vote regardless, as long as they have voted previously in the same precinct or division.
April 23, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Indiana Gov. Daniels Not Interested in Vice Presidency
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said he didn't expect to be Mitt Romney's vice-presidential running mate and quoted conservative luminary William F. Buckley to suggest he would "demand reconsideration" if asked to run.
April 23, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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'Unprecedented' Violent Deaths Disturb New Hampshire
Ten violent deaths in ten days of bloodshed in New Hampshire during April have left residents on edge in a state that prides itself on its low homicide rate.
April 23, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Minneapolis High Schools to Shift to Public Buses
Citing increased flexibility, Minneapolis plans to switch high schoolers from school buses to public transit over the next two years.
April 23, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Utah Sen. Hatch Forced into First Primary Election in Decades
Republican delegates forced six-term Sen. Orrin Hatch into a Republican primary with former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist by fewer than 50 votes Saturday while they nominated Mia Love, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, to take on Rep. Jim Matheson.
April 23, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Taxpayers Paid for Medicare Bonuses to Doctors
The American public for years paid physicians millions of dollars in Medicare bonuses to treat the medically needy in parts of Texas and across the country - even though many doctors no longer qualified for the cash and federal officials knew it, a Houston Chronicle investigation has found.
April 23, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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'No Party Preference' is New Political Flavor in California Elections
36 candidates with "no party preference" are running for state and federal office in California this year, the first time the option is available for primary candidates. No-party-preference candidates make up just a fraction of the more than 500 people running for state and federal office on the June ballot. But some observers say a win – or even a good show – by no-party-preference candidates could pave the way for more independents to run for elected office in California.
April 23, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
This bill stinks.
Alabama state Rep. Joseph Mitchell, on why he wore a gas mask the week the House of Representatives discussed and approved legislation that revises the state’s controversial immigration law.
April 20, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$300 Million
The amount that New York state is suing wireless carrier Sprint for allegedly failing to pay sales taxes for the past seven years. Sprint denies the accusation.
April 20, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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