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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
There’s a reason the private sector has embraced this whole hog. And there’s a reason we’re gonna embrace it whole hog.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, referring to his plan to implement citywide wellness programs that would help public workers live healthier. Johnson & Johnson reduced employee smoking by two-thirds, cut high-blood pressure in half and got $3 of savings for every $1 invested in incentives under a wellness insurance plan.
September 16, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
There tends to be a lot of fuzzy math when it comes to calculating these benefits (regardless of the party taking credit for the program).
Josh Lerner, a Harvard Business School professor, referring to government claims of how many jobs certain initiatives have created. Records show that the Obama administration's loan guarantee program has directly created 3,545 jobs, but the Energy Department claims credit for saving 33,000 positions at Ford Motor Co.
September 15, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
22%
The rise in the portion of students who scored 700 or higher on the math section of the SAT since 2007.
September 15, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
9.42 seconds
The amount of time it takes to download a song in Idaho, the state with the slowest Internet speeds. In Rhode Island, which has the fastest speeds, it takes only 3.36 seconds.
September 14, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Governor Sandoval made clear that rather than focusing on job creation and turning Nevada's economy around, his priorities are appeasing extremists in the tea party like Rick Perry.
Zach Hudson, spokesman for Nevada's state Democratic Party, on the governor's endorsement of Texas Gov. Rick Perry for president. He said the governor's backing throws the state's senior citizens "under the bus" since Perry has called Social Security a "Ponzi scheme" that should be privatized.
September 14, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
People made major life-changing decisions based on that event, just as they will with this.
Robert Dull, an environmental professor at the University of Texas-Austin, likening the Dust Bowl of the 1930s that caused mass migrations to Texas' current one-year drought, which is its worst ever.
September 13, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
More than 4,000
The number of female inmates in California -- out of 9,500 -- that could be released to help the state meet a court-imposed deadline to relieve its overcrowded prisons. Female inmates who have children and were convicted of non-serious, non-sexual crimes could start going home as early as next week.
September 13, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
Nearly 1/4
The portion of current governors who have written a book. Four did so while in office, including Ind. Governor Mitch Daniels -- the most recent gubernatorial author.
September 12, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
We have too damn many laws. ... But I just don't have the heart to veto everything that I think is not necessary.
California Gov. Jerry Brown, who has complained about the number of bills sent to him. When he was governor from 1975 to 1983, he vetoed less than 5 percent of bills; while the state's last governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, struck down more than 25 percent.
September 12, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
The hypocrisy never seems to end with these guys.
Melissa Fazekas, spokeswoman for a pro-union coalition, referring to Ohio politicians' continuing calls for unions to "share in the sacrifices," while giving 19 state Senate staffers raises as large as 33 percent in addition to bonus checks.
September 09, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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