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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.

Who Said That
Governmental entities cannot be expected to be absolute, infallible guarantors of public safety.
Judge Theodore T. Jones Jr. of the N.Y. state Court of Appeals, which recently ruled that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey was not liable for damages in the 1993 terrorist bombing of the World Trade Center even though it ignored warnings about the potential risk of a car bomb in the garage.
September 23, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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I'm disappointed some have played the race card.
Colo. Secretary of State Scott Gessler, on the suggestion that he has filed a lawsuit to stop Denver from sending ballots to inactive voters because many of them are minorities.
September 22, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
638 days
The average time it takes a mortgage lender in Florida to repossess a persons home. So many cases are backlogged that the state may cut the courts out of the foreclosure process to speed it up.
September 22, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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How many children don’t have shoes? How many don’t have an evening meal? Lets say to the wealthiest, give us a hand.
D.C. Council member Jim Graham, who voted in favor of a .45 percent tax increase on people earning more than $350,000 a year. Mayor Vincent C. Gray is expected to sign the tax increase into law.
September 21, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
17 million
The number of children -- of which nearly half live in low-income households -- that do not have broadband at home, according to a recent survey conducted by the national nonprofit Connected Nation.
September 21, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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I think as oftentimes as there is with policy changes, the devil is in the details.
Kansas House Minority Leader Paul Davis, who wants legislative oversight of the recent policy changes to welfare rules to verify where the cost savings are being achieved and to ensure that those eligible for benefits aren’t being denied.
September 20, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
1 year
The maximum jail sentence in Wisconsin for serving margarine instead of butter in restaurants, prisons or schools. Legislators are trying to repeal the law because serving margarine, which is cheaper, could save the state money.
September 20, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
105
The number of police officers recently laid off in Trenton, N.J., making it the fourth major city in the state to lay off at least 10 percent of its police force in the past year.
September 19, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
We give birth.
Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel, defending the resilience of women in public office. With few females in the city's elected government positions, women's groups have recently stepped up their efforts to urge women to run for public office.
September 19, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
591
The number of families that a city-funded shelter in Philadelphia had to turn away last year -- double the refusal rate two years prior. The city has experienced an increase in the homeless population but a decrease in funding for shelters.
September 16, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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