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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.

News in Numbers
$54,000
The amount of pension overpayments that a few dozen retired Portland firefighters and police received because of the city's miscalculations. The city demanded the retirees to pay back the money -- a move that more than 500 workers are contesting in court.
September 09, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
52 hours
The number of hours that some firefighters worked straight with no air support trying to contain the Texas wildfires that have destroyed almost 2,000 homes.
September 08, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
You always see signs on the door, 'Shoes and shirt required.' You'd think [customers] would have to have pants too.
Stephen Adams, president of a San Francisco neighborhood business association, noting the lack of a law criminalizing public nudity. A city supervisor just introduced an ordinance that would regulate nudity, igniting a rare debate in the famously tolerant city over personal freedom and public propriety.
September 08, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
You can’t take grandmas away and put them on the street, and you can’t take milk from babies.
Michigan state Rep. Fred Durhal Jr., noting the necessary balance between budget cuts and ethics and morals.
September 07, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$25
The one-time fee adults must pay to visit people in Arizona prisons. The new charge has prompted two lawsuits that allege the fee is an unconstitutional tax because the money is going to general prison repairs.
September 07, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
We passed legislation saying, 'We have the right to do this,' and federal judges are saying, 'Whoa, wait a minute while we look at this'
GOP Texas State Representative Marva Beck, on the wave of court injunctions temporarily blocking all or parts of conservative laws passed by Republican supermajorities. The laws address contentious issues such as abortion restrictions, financing for Planned Parenthood and immigration enforcement.
September 06, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$20.94
The value of stolen merchandise that sent Scott Andrew Hove to prison for life under California's three-strikes law, which imposes 25-yearlong minimum sentences for nonviolent felonies if an offender has committed two violent or serious crimes. Hove had previously been convicted of residential burglary and drug possession.
September 06, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
4,935
The number of Wisconsin teachers who retired in the first half of 2011 -- twice the number of retirees in 2009 and 2010 combined. Some blame the mass exodus on the new union law that forces teachers to pay more for benefits while losing most of their collective bargaining rights.
September 02, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I think the conversation of hype is being hyped.
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy when asked about the claims by some that Hurricane Irene received more press attention than it deserved. In Connecticut, the storm left more than half of the state without power, caused two deaths and damage expected to reach hundreds of millions of dollars.
September 02, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
97%
The drop in Florida doctors’ purchases of Oxycodone in the first six months of 2011 from the same period last year. The state has cracked down on the illegal sale of prescription drugs with tougher laws.
September 01, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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