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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.

Who Said That
Everyone in this room knows that ‘inspirational messages’ means religious indoctrination.
Florida state Rep. Jeff Clemens, on a bill that will likely become law that would let school districts allow students to give “inspirational messages” at public-school events.
March 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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The number of states considering bills to ban the use of foreign laws in U.S. courtrooms. Critics say it's a response to a made-up threat of Shariah law, the Islamic legal code.
March 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier on Post-9/11 Info Sharing
Speaking at the annual AFCEA Homeland Security Conference, D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier discussed the importance of information sharing in public safety and the improvements the region has made since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
March 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Extend or End It? GOP Voters Torn over Best Route
Interviews with voters across the country find that the segment of the GOP electorate that hasn't yet weighed in on the race is torn over wanting the race to end and wanting to have a say in choosing the eventual nominee.
March 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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2 Maine Pols Bow Out of Race for Snowe's U.S. Senate Seat
Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud and GOP state Senate President Kevin Raye are bowing out of the race to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Olympia Snowe.
March 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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The rise in methamphetamine lab seizures from 2010 to 2011. Clandestine meth labs are most common in the Midwest and the South.
February 27, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
If the Republican Party continues to say no to equality, to diversity and to dignity, they will be a dinosaur party.
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, at the annual National Governors Association meeting where many Democratic governors said the spotlight that social issues like abortion and contraception are getting in this election are hurting the GOP party.
February 27, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Washington May Be First State to Require Abortion Coverage
At a time when many states are making it harder for women to get abortions, Washington state appears headed in the opposite direction.
February 27, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Federal Warning Ends County Truce with California Pot-Growers
This month, a one-of-a-kind permitting system became the most striking casualty of the crackdown on medical marijuana cultivation and distribution by California's federal prosecutors.
February 27, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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GOP Governors Concerned about Long Primary Race
Republican governors insist President Barack Obama is vulnerable, but they say they are concerned the prolonged primary race has alienated independent voters and may have badly damaged the eventual nominee.
February 27, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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