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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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If Health Law is Struck Down, White House Has No Contingency Plans
White House officials said Wednesday they remain “confident” that the healthcare reform law is constitutional and is implementing all the provisions of the law.
March 29, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Transportation-Bill Gridlock Worries States
The doomsday clock is ticking down on a Sunday expiration of surface transportation programs, and state transportation departments are already preparing for the worst.
March 29, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Pink Slime's New Ally: Farm-State Governors
After being pummeled in the media for weeks, the beef additive made from leftover trimmings is getting support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the governors of five states, who argue it has been unfairly labeled and is actually a safe, low-cost way to make ground beef leaner.
March 29, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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How Towns' Endless Tax Appeal Settlements are Costing New Jersey Billions
Swamped with a near-record number of tax appeals, New Jersey municipalities are choosing to settle more than ever rather than fight them, costing the state billions of dollars in lost tax base and wreaking havoc on local budgets.
March 29, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Birth-Control Bill Fails in Arizona Senate
The political split between moderates and conservatives within Arizona's Republican party led to the downfall of a controversial bill to allow employers and insurance companies to opt out of covering contraception for religious reasons.
March 29, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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First Parent School Takeover Blocked in Adelanto, California
The board of the Adelanto School District in California's Mojave Desert voted 5-0 to reject a petition invoking the controversial "parent trigger" law that permits parents to effectively seize control of low-performing schools.
March 29, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Top Democrat Don Biven Drops Out of Race for Arizona's Senate Seat
Don Bivens, a top Democratic challenger in Arizona's U.S. Senate race, announced that he was ending his campaign because a competitive primary battle was draining resources the party needed to win in November.
March 28, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ex-Police Chief William Bratton Discusses Government Collaboration in New Book
In Collaborate or Perish!, William Bratton and Harvard Kennedy School senior researcher Zachary Tumin tell governments how they can work together more often and more effectively.
March 28, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$10,000
The maximum fine that two men face after pleading guilty to leaving the unattended campfire that started Arizona's largest-ever wildfire last year. The fire, which blazed for roughly two months, cost more than $83 million to contain.
March 28, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Go see Scalia when you want health care.
James Carville, to Wolf Blitzer, on the possibility of health reform being overturned. He thinks it would be "the best thing to ever happen to the Democratic Party because health care costs will escalate unbelievably."
March 28, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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