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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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2012 Medicare Debate Is All About the Baby Boomers
Medicare is headed for big changes no matter who wins the White House in 2012.
January 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Va. AG Backs Off Call for GOP Primary Rule Changes
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is no longer pushing for a change in rules that kept two candidates off the state's March 6 Republican presidential primary ballot.
January 02, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
As I drive around the state, I've seen mortality that in some cases is quite extensive.
Chris Edgar from the Texas Forest Service, which estimates that the drought this year killed 100 million to 500 million trees, or 2 to 10 percent of the state's forest.
December 22, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
1 in 6
The record portion of Florida residents on food stamps in September. The state's number of food-stamps users has nearly tripled since the Great Recession.
December 21, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Cities Push the Business ‘Start-up’ Envelope
The business incubator is no longer a new idea. Cities are pursuing business accelerators, a kind of incubator on steroids.
December 21, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
A handcuff laying on top of a piece of paper with the word "fraud" in the center.
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Fighting Government Fraud
How much fraud actually occurs is debatable, but the benefits of eliminating it are clear. And many governments are taking steps to stop schemes, scams and public-sector swindles.
December 21, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
GOV-2011-to-2012
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2011: The Bad Year That Wasn’t
In this Public Finance column, John E. Petersen says that despite dire forecasts, states and localities paid their debts on time and in full.
December 21, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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The number of cops to die in the line of duty this year. The death toll is the highest since 2007 and represents a 16 percent increase from this time last year.
December 21, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
This is what boggles the mind here: We can send a man to the moon but we can’t stop a carp from reaching the Great Lakes?
Mich. Attorney General Bill Schuette, on the failure of the Great Lakes states to agree on a way to stop Asian carp from travelling to Lake Michigan, where they could wreak havoc with the lake’s ecosystem and fishing industry.
December 21, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
carbon-footprint
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Cities Extract Energy from Everyday Activities
Roanoke, Va., and other cities are experimenting with new technologies that capture energy from footsteps, cars and more.
December 20, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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