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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.

taking-oath
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In Government We Don’t Trust
People have gradually lost trust in government. How can public leaders get it back?
November 29, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Slaying the OPEB Dragon
Retiree medical costs can be tamed, but it requires effort. Some solutions are obvious, others are at the cutting edge of innovation.
November 29, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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2012 Presidential Candidates Challenge Mandates
Republicans and Democrats call for fewer mandates. Both parties, however, have yet to answer fundamental questions about what government should do and how it should pay for it.
November 29, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
pedestrian-mall
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The Trouble with Pedestrian Malls
Once popular, these car-free zones are slowly disappearing from the urban landscape.
November 29, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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A Lesson for Passenger Rail, From Roads
A look back at the building of millions of miles of roads shows why passenger rail needs a well-structured bureaucracy in order to succeed.
November 29, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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A Call to Solve the National Obesity Problem
Less than twenty years ago, no states had an obesity rate higher than 20 percent. Today, no state has a rate lower than that.
November 29, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
Almost 7%
The percent of Colorado state prisoners that are held in long-term solitary confinement, compared to a national average of 1-2 percent.
November 29, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Isn't it typical of the government that they make the mistake and they blame you for it?
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who recently reversed the state's policy of making people pay back welfare overpayments from more than a decade ago that were a result of employee error.
November 29, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
More than 100,000
The number of primary care doctors who have taken advantage of federal incentives to adopt a certified electronic medical record system.
November 28, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Just made mean comments at gov brownback and told him he sucked, in person #heblowsalot.
A tweet that high school senior Emma Sullivan posted during a Kansas Youth in Government field trip. The governor's office quickly contacted Sullivan's principal, who demanded her to apologize, but she refused. Instead, the governor later apologized for his staff's "overreaction."
November 28, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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