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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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Utah Envisions a Sustainable Future
The public-private partnership, Envision Utah, is a national model for cities grappling with how to ease congestion, stop sprawl and clean the air.
December 20, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Former Utah House Speaker Resigns to Run for Congress
A few resignations are passing through the Utah Legislature this month. The reason? State law bars lawmakers from fundraising for public office during the legislative session, which is just around the corner.
December 20, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
We are going to make moves against predators in this city.
D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier, vowing to continue to run undercover sting operations like the one that recently helped snag $7.2 million in cocaine, PCP and other drugs, buy and capture 161 weapons, and make 70 arrests.
December 20, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
More than 20
The number of plastic bags found inside a gray whale that washed up on shore in Seattle last year. The City Council recently voted to ban plastic bags to reduce plastic litter and protect marine life.
December 20, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New EPA Rules Threaten Older Power Plants
More than 32 mostly coal-fired power plants in a dozen states will be forced to shut down and an additional 36 might have to close because of new federal air pollution regulations.
December 19, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
30%
The percent -- up from 22 in the 1960s -- of young adults who will be arrested by age 23. Criminologists attribute the rise to several decades of tougher crime policies.
December 19, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I make my own sauce my own way. She can make her sauce.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo when asked if his Food Network-star girlfriend Sandra Lee taught him how to make spaghetti sauce.
December 19, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Dan Liljenquist Resigns from Utah Senate for Possible U.S. Senate Run
Just weeks after accepting Governing’s Public Officials of the Year award, Utah Sen. Dan Liljenquist has resigned -- a move that many speculate is because he plans to run for Congress.
December 16, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
5.5%
The decline in the number of obese New York City schoolchildren over the past five years. The decrease is small but significant after decades of increasing rates of childhood obesity. It's also the biggest reported drop by any large city.
December 16, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
The main thing we have to deal with in climate change is the skepticism, the denial and the cult-like behavior of the political lemmings that would take us over the cliff.
California Gov. Jerry Brown at a high-profile conference where he also said climate change has lengthened the state's fire season and quickened its snowmelt, affecting agriculture and taxing public infrastructure.
December 16, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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