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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
If there is a Democratic Senate, the question is will we go the way of Washington, D.C. ... or will we go to the art of compromise?
Wisconsin state Senate President Mike Ellis, on the possibility of having a Democrat-controlled Senate after the recall elections, which start today. Six Republican and two Democratic senators face recall this month.
August 08, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$30 million
The amount of his own money that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is giving to fund a new plan to improve the lives of young black and Latino men who are disproportionately undereducated, incarcerated and unemployed.
August 05, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Do you serve 800 families in deplorable conditions or 300 in much better conditions?
David Gilmore, who oversees the New Orleans Housing Authority, which has replaced subsidized housing developments with newer ones that mix subsidized and market-priced homes. The new approach results in safer, higher quality public housing but provides approximately 3,500 less affordable units.
August 05, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
2.5 times
The increased likelihood that police in Illinois will find illegal items, such as drugs or stolen property, when searching the car of a white person compared to that of a Latino. But data shows that when no legal ground exists, state troopers ask to search the cars of black and Latino drivers more often.
August 04, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
You know what's beautiful about this issue? It brings [liberals] and conservatives together.
Jonathan Newman, the former chairman of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, on a bill to privatize the sale of wine and hard liquor. Newman, along with members from both sides of the aisle, support the measure.
August 04, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
This is America, no? If I go to a Polish neighborhood and only see Polish signs, I would not be comfortable.
New York City Councilmember and Chinese-American Peter Koo, who introduced a bill to require all storefront signs in Flushing, Queens, to be at least 60 percent English. Flushing has one of the largest Asian communities in the country.
August 03, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
94%
The percent of California restaurants that accept food stamps and are fast-food places. The state started the program to help feed welfare recipients who are unable to make their own meals, but officials now worry that it promotes unhealthy eating habits.
August 03, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$10 billion
The amount that New York has spent, which is more than any other state, this year on the developmentally disabled. More than half goes to private providers, with little oversight of their spending. One executive paid for luxury cars and his daughter's living expenses with public funds.
August 02, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Only close to a million people in the state are licensed to carry concealed.
National Rifle Association lobbyist Marion Hammer, in an attempt to calm people's concerns about the recent passage of a state law that bans cities and counties from limiting gun ownership. Guns will now be allowed in all parks and community buildings.
August 02, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
68
The number of libraries that the Maryland-based Library Systems and Services International runs in five states. LSSI is now the fifth largest library system in the country, taking over many public libraries in cash-strapped communities.
August 01, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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