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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
We can just get rid of sports and band and just give everyone a laptop and call it good.
Doug StanWiens, a teacher at Boise High School in Idaho where all high school students are now required to take online classes and all students and teachers are given laptops or tablets. StanWiens opposes the state's program because it cuts back on in-person teaching and, perhaps eventually, on not having students congregate in schools at all.
January 04, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
3,000
The number of people allowed in the Indiana Statehouse under new rules that caused public outrage and led Gov. Mitch Daniels to rescind them hours after they took effect.
January 04, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Iowa Picks Romney
Mitt Romney wins Iowa Caucus by 8 votes, with Rick Santorum a close second.
January 04, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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More Water for Las Vegas Means More Resentment in Rural Areas
One state bureaucrat has the power to decide whether Las Vegas can draw extra water from underneath the state’s eastern counties, a question that has long concerned environmentalists and aggravated a political rift.
January 04, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Colo. Republicans Want to Reinstate Asset Tests for Medicaid
Colorado House Republicans want to reinstate them asset tests for Medicaid recipients, even though the federal health care law bars them and it would make them ineligible for federal money.
January 03, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$635 billion
The projected cost of resurrecting and fixing the nation's water and sewer systems, which are in urgent need of repair and replacement.
January 03, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
When I say I'm dogged, I'm like a Chihuahua. I don't give up. I keep after it until I get something done.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who said he refuses to let the soft economy stop him from pushing for bold initiatives in his final full year in office. He said he'll continue to push for development, tax and green reforms.
January 03, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Attacks such as this have no place in our open and inclusive society and we must do all we can to ensure New York remains a safe and tolerant place for all.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, asking his state police chief and deputy secretary for public safety to aid the city police investigation into four Molotov cocktail attacks including one against a mosque and another against a Hindu place of worship.
January 03, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
Almost 40,000
The number of new laws that all 50 states and territories passed in 2011.
January 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New Rules Regulate Va. Abortion Clinics
Gov. Bob McDonnell has signed new temporary rules and regulations that abortion-rights groups call a "political sneak attack on women's health."
January 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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