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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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Poll: Voters Approve of NYPD's Treatment of Muslims
Most city voters think the New York Police Department has acted appropriately in its dealing with Muslims, according to a new poll following a series of stories about the NYPD's surveillance of Muslims after 9/11.
March 13, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Florida Senate Race Rival Attacks Rep. Mack's Past
A former U.S. senator is zeroing in on decades-old altercations involving U.S Rep. Connie Mack IV to make the case that Mack shouldn't become the Republican party nominee in this year's Florida Senate contest.
March 12, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Senators Come Back to Congress After Years Away
Republican Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana and Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey served years in the Senate, bowed out because of a term-limits promise or the frustration of endless fundraising and then discovered they couldn't quit the place.
March 12, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas' Voter ID Law Rejected by Justice Dept.
It's only the second voter ID law the department has rejected in nearly 20 years. South Carolina's was struck down in December.
March 12, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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'America's Got Talent' Winner Running for Missouri House Seat
Neal Boyd of Sikeston, the one-time winner of the NBC show "America's Got Talent", will seek election as a Republican in the newly drawn 149th Missouri House District.
March 12, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
We need a human being who really pays attention to every individual. There will never be a substitute for that.
Tiel Jackson, the state reporting manager for Portland Public Schools, which raised its graduation rate by 5 percent in one year by having people look through paper records because the district's electronic recordkeeping system was counting students who transferred out of the district as dropouts.
March 12, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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The increase in the number of trips taken on public transportation last year compared to 2010. This is the highest level of public-transit use since 2008.
March 12, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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NYPD's Monitoring of Muslims Puts Counterterrorism at Risk, Say Police and Mayors
Police investigators, prosecutors and mayors in cities nationwide say the New York Police Department's secret spying is a misguided approach that will hinder the department's efforts to uncover potential attacks for years, if not decades.
March 12, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New Tools Estimate Potential Cost Savings for Upgrading Public Safety IT
Last month, IBM released two tools that give police, fire and emergency medical services an estimate of the direct and indirect savings that could come from upgrading their IT infrastructure.
March 09, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Police Car from the Future Denied Federal Funding
Carbon Motors’ E7 police cruiser is denied funding from the federal Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing program.
March 09, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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