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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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Your Day in Court? Get in Line.
As San Francisco County closes more than a third of its courts, local lawyers are trying to find ways to raise more revenue.
September 29, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
52%
The portion of Pennsylvania voters who said the state should continue to award all of its electoral votes to the winner of the state's popular vote, instead of a GOP plan to award the votes by congressional district.
September 29, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I feel bad for anybody who’s going to lose their jobs because of his tactics. But it’s not our fault; it’s his tactics.
Simon Kourounis, a union member who rejected New York Gov. Cuomo's concessions deal that would have put a two-year freeze on broad layoffs. Layoff notices have now started to go out to the first of 3,496 employees.
September 29, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
13
The number of fatalities linked to listeria-tainted cantaloupe from Colorado, marking the deadliest food outbreak in a decade. According to the CDC, the number of deaths will likely rise because the symptoms can take four or more weeks to show.
September 28, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Drivers might no longer be able to see where they’re going, but we sure can: this decision puts all of us in danger.
Paul Steely White, an alternative transportation advocacy leader, on New York state's recent decision to stop requiring people to pass a vision test before renewing a driver’s license.
September 28, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
74 hours
The amount of time, which is the longest nationwide, that D.C. area commuters spend in traffic each year. The national average of time stuck in traffic is 34 hours.
September 27, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I don’t have time to engage people in silly arguments like that.
Dr. Jeff Thompson, the Wash. state Medicaid program’s chief medical officer, referring to questions about why certain conditions are on the list of 700 non-emergencies that will no longer be covered after three emergency room visits.
September 27, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$32.5 billion
The annual health care cost of obesity to businesses in Texas by 2030 if current trends hold, according to a study from the state comptroller. The Legislature has passed laws to curb childhood obesity, but some say the latest one doesn't go far enough.
September 26, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
No more earmarks. No more boondoggles. No more bridges to nowhere.
President Obama, who has proposed building new infrastructure to create jobs but not for projects like the one that sought more than $200 million from Washington to build a bridge to a sparsely populated area with light traffic. The group behind the project is still trying to get state financial backing.
September 26, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
14,000
The number of mosquitoes that a single trap, which normally catches 50, caught in one night a week after Hurricane Irene hit Beaufort County, N.C. The state team that controlled mosquitoes fell victim to budget cuts this year, and now the insects are raising fears of disease outbreaks and hindering repair efforts.
September 23, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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