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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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‘You Are Who?’ John Hickenlooper's Lonely Presidential Campaign
John Hickenlooper was in the midst of explaining why he’s not worried about his standing in the 2020 presidential polls when something caught his eye outside the driver’s side window of his black SUV as it sped through the rolling countryside of central Iowa.
July 09, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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It's Illegal for Kids to Have a Lemonade Stand in Most States. That's Slowly Changing.
Last summer, Jennifer Knowles helped her three sons set up a lemonade stand in their Denver neighborhood.
July 09, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Florida Principal Reassigned After Refusing to Call Holocaust 'Factual'
A South Florida principal who refused to say the Holocaust was a "factual, historical event" will be reassigned to a district position immediately, the Palm Beach County School District confirmed Monday.
July 09, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Law enforcement’s access of state databases [is] often done in the shadows with no consent.
U.S. House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah E. Cummings amid reports that the FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have been using facial recognition to scan state driver’s license databases without the approval of Congress, state legislatures or citizens.
July 08, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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States that started the new fiscal year, which began July 1, without a final budget. They are Massachusetts, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island and Wisconsin.
July 08, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Former Attorney General Eric Holder
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Will the Gerrymandering Ruling Motivate Donors and Voters?
The decision increases the focus on often-ignored state legislative elections, where the GOP has recently dominated.
July 08, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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ICE Uses DMV Databases for Unprecedented Facial-Recognition Surveillance
Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have turned state driver’s license databases into a facial-recognition gold mine, scanning through millions of Americans’ photos without their knowledge or consent, newly released documents show.
July 08, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Ken Cuccinelli speaking at CPAC.
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Census Citizenship Question: As Trump Mulls Executive Order, DOJ Changes Legal Team
Despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling against having a citizenship question on the 2020 Census, Acting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Ken Cuccinelli said he thinks the Trump administration will find a way to include it.
July 08, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
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New Jersey Governor Creates New Office to Help Immigrants and Takes Back Control of Refugee Resettlement
Gov. Phil Murphy marked the Fourth of July holiday by announcing two new initiatives to assist immigrants settling in New Jersey.
July 08, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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How Electronic Monitoring Drives Defendants Into Debt and Criminalizes Poverty
Ankle bracelets are promoted as a humane alternative to jail. But private companies charge defendants hundreds of dollars a month to wear the surveillance devices. If people can’t pay, they may end up behind bars.
July 08, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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