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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
$10,000
The campaign donation that Ohio Gov. John Kasich received last year from CEO Rupert Murdoch of News Corp., which hacked the cell phones of the families of 9/11 victims in search of news stories. Ohio Democrats are asking the governor to donate the money to charity.
July 21, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
764
The number of marriage licenses that New York City will issue through a lottery for this Sunday, the first day the state will allow same-sex marriage. This will be the most weddings that the city has ever performed in one day.
July 20, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I think solutions without problems are the best laws.
Rhode Island Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis, expressing support for the passage of the voter ID law, which many opponents have called a "solution without a problem." Several states enacted or attempted to pass voter ID laws this past year, but the push was almost always led by Republicans with strong opposition from the other party. In Rhode Island, the Democrats pushed it through.
July 20, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
This entire process -- with its proposed cuts to public safety, transportation and education -- has been orchestrated to scare the public.
Conn. Deputy Senate Republican leader Len Fasano, expressing his thoughts on the governor's ongoing struggle to strike a concessions deal with the unions. Fasano says "It's all been a big game, and ... there will be no oversight on where $1.6 billion in concessions come from."
July 19, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
60%
The approximate percentage of junior high and high school students in Texas who get suspended or expelled, according to a report that tracked about 1 million schoolchildren for six years.
July 19, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Every day we set a new record, one we are not proud of.
GOP Sen. John Howe, referring to Minnesota's state shutdown, which is the longest in the nation's history -- 19 days and counting. The governor said that a budget deal had been reached last week, but enough Republicans may not support it.
July 18, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
28%
The percent of exonerations that involve wrongfully convicted people who pleaded guilty. States are taking steps to prevent the imprisonment of innocent people, but some oppose helping those that pleaded guilty.
July 18, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
3
The number of transportation secretaries that Massachusetts has had since Governor Patrick took office in 2007. With the recent resignation of Jeffrey Mullan, the administration is on the hunt for its fourth transit chief in four years.
July 15, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
In a country where just 28 percent of adults have bachelor's degrees ... maybe it's good to have some like Kyle Jones, a 19-year-old New Hampshire lawmaker who manages the night shift at a Burger King."
Chronicle of Higher Education writers Scott Smallwood and Alex Richards, on last month's report detailing where every state lawmaker went to college, if at all.
July 15, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
They will have to suck it up and get over it.
Derrikka Gillenwater, who recently graduated from high school and served on a youth advisory board for the Boston Public Schools lunch program, on what students will do if and when flavored milk is banned from schools. Massachusetts recently banned unhealthy food from schools, but left flavored milk because of concerns that students would opt to not drink the beverage at all.
July 14, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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