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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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Minnesota Gov. Dayton 'Vetoes' Voter ID Measure
Gov. Mark Dayton couldn't keep the voter ID amendment off the November ballot, but he said he will do whatever he can to convince voters to defeat it and kicked off his pledge with a symbolic veto of the amendment.
April 10, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Obama Openly Opposes Minnesota's Marriage Ballot
President Obama's Minnesota campaign waded into the state's marriage amendment fight with a statement saying the president opposes the proposal that would define marriage only as the union of a man and woman.
April 10, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Access to Juvenile Crime Records Expanded under New Wisconsin Law
Starting later this year, police, prosecutors and judges will get faster, electronic access to juvenile criminal records, which should result in more accountability for juvenile criminals. Gov. Scott Walker signed Senate Bill 173 and six other criminal justice bills into law Monday morning.
April 10, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Breast-Feeding Ordinance OK'd in Seattle
Tthe Seattle City Council unanimously passed an ordinance to allow mothers to breast-feed at any time, place or manner, making it illegal for restaurant or store management to tell them to leave or to cover the baby with a blanket or towel. The ordinance expands on state protections afforded in 2009 to mothers breast-feeding in public. The new federal health-care act also provides protection for breast-feeding mothers.
April 10, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
2.1%
The rise in Texas' population, which is the largest recent population spike of any state, from 2010 to July 2011, according to new Census Bureau estimates.
April 09, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
They may dislike me so much, they’ll say, ‘Hell, no.’ Or they may like you so much, they’ll say, ‘Hell, yes.’
Miami Commissioner Marc Sarnoff, on voters' possible reactions to a plan, which must be approved by the public, that would give all of the city's six elected officials an extra year in office by changing city elections from odd to even years.
April 09, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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FEC to Deny Sen. Feinstein's Proposal in California Elections Fraud
A draft opinion that the Federal Election Commission issued indicates that it probably will reject a request from Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein's re-election campaign to allow her to replace millions of dollars in contributions embezzled by her treasurer with new donations from the original donors.
April 09, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Federal Job Training Funds Are Drying Up
Money for the primary training program for dislocated workers is 18 percent lower than it was in 2006, even though there are six million more people looking for work now.
April 09, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Tulsa Shootings Result in Two Arrests
Police and African-American leaders in Tulsa expressed relief Sunday that the terror faced by the local black community may be over after the arrests of two white men charged with killing three black men and critically injuring two more people in a shooting spree.
April 09, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Arizona GOP Gears Up for Special Primary
Ask any unaligned Arizona Republican who will win the special election primary to replace Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) and there is only one name mentioned: veteran Jesse Kelly.
April 09, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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