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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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The number of high-traffic bridges in the nation that are "structurally deficient," meaning their “load carrying” elements are damaged or deteriorating.
Patrick Adams, CEO at St. Louis Community Credit Union, referring to the Southwest Airlines ads mocking fees charged by competitors. Credit unions have taken recent announcements of debit fees from large banks to promote themselves as fee-free.
New Jersey Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Cryan, on Gov. Chris Christie's critical comments about the judge who ruled that the judiciary is exempt from the state benefits overhaul that requires employees to pay more toward their pensions.
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The rise in West Virginia's teen birthrate from 2007 to 2009. In every other state during the same period, teen birthrates decreased.
The portion of the nation's solar energy jobs that are in California, which also generates the most electricity from solar energy.
Some state prison inmates can stay in a local hospital at federal expense. Starting in three years, almost all of them will be able to.