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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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Inside the Courtroom Where You're Not Allowed to Speak
Lisa Mothee came to Philadelphia Family Court last September confident she'd get the chance to tell her story, and hopeful that the Department of Human Services' case on the youngest of her five kids would be closed.
May 23, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Tennessee Regulates When, and Who, Teens Can Marry
Gov. Bill Haslam on Monday signed a bill into law that prohibits the marriage of minors under the age of 17 in Tennessee.
May 23, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Phoenix Mayor Resigns to Run for Congress
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton will step down as the leader of the nation's fifth largest city at noon on May 29 to run for Congress.
May 23, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Citizenship Census Question Triggers Another Lawsuit, This Time From Phoenix
The Phoenix City Council voted Tuesday to pursue a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Census Bureau's plan to include a question about citizenship status in the 2020 census.
May 23, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$275
"Head tax," per employee, that Seattle will soon charge the city's big businesses like Amazon and Starbucks. The revenue will help address homelessness, which has reached emergency levels there. Other cities have a similar tax, but they are much smaller -- just $48.
May 23, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Power outage and zombie alert for the residents ... due to extreme zombie activity.
Emergency alert sent to residents of a South Florida city in the middle of the night. There was a power outage, but city officials say there was no zombie activity and are investigating why it mentioned them.
May 23, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Hardline Conservatives Lose Big in Texas House Runoffs
Voters in the Republican primary runoffs stuck with traditional center-right candidates over hard-line conservatives Tuesday in an election night that held the center for the Texas House.
May 23, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Transgender Student Wins Bathroom Case
A federal judge on Tuesday sided with a Gloucester transgender student on whether he should have been able to use the bathroom of his choice in the public schools -- with the judge rejecting the Gloucester School Board's bid to dismiss the case.
May 23, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump Administration Wants to Reverse Obama-Era Hunting Rule for Alaska's National Parks
The Trump administration is taking another stab at controversial hunting regulations for national preserves in Alaska.
May 23, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After Abuse Allegations, New York Appoints a New Attorney General. For the First Time, It's a Woman.
Acting state Attorney General Barbara Underwood, who took over after Eric Schneiderman resigned in disgrace, will remain in the job for the rest of the year.
May 23, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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