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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
$40.54
The hourly cost to employers for a state or local government worker, compared to $28.10 for a private sector employee in the first quarter of 2011.
July 07, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
We've killed public education. It just hasn't died yet.
A New York town's superintendent, Mark P. Mondanaro, on the state's new 2 percent cap on property taxes, which fund schools. Education officials point to expenses such as pensions and health care, which are growing at annual rates far greater than 2 percent.
July 06, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$594,976
The payout a California state prison psychiatrist received for more than 2 1/2 years of unused sick time. New data shows that more than 1,400 Golden State workers, including psychiatrists, were paid in excess of $200,000 last year.
July 06, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
1.67
The average number of suicides each year, which is the nation's second highest rate, at Allegheny County Jail in Pennsylvania from 2000-07.
July 05, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Being led by Barack Obama is like being trumpeted into battle by Miles Davis. He makes you want to sit down and discern.
New York Times op-ed columnist David Brooks, on Barack Obama's governing style, which he says emphasizes delegation and occasional passivity.
July 05, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Amazon knows it has begun to fight a war it will eventually lose. ... [It] has to ship its products from somewhere.
Business reporter Douglas A. McIntyre, on the online retailers' decision to abandon their affiliate companies in the states -- most recently California -- that have or are trying to pass legislation to collect sales taxes from them.
July 01, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$507,969
The amount of spending cuts that the South Carolina legislature kept after overriding the rest of Gov. Nikki Haley's $213 million cuts. Entrepreneurship, SAT and college prep programs got the ax.
July 01, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
We ended up with a plan that saved more money than any of the other plans once we stopped arguing and went to work.
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed on the city council's unanimous passage of a pension overhaul, which should save $25 million annually. Atlanta is one of the first cities to successfully tackle pension reform.
June 30, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$430
The annual tuition at Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas -- the cheapest rate in the country. In compliance with the law, all colleges recently published their rates and the most expensive ones must explain their high costs to the Education Department.
June 30, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Many people will say it's not enough. You know, when you're really hungry and you want a big steak (but) all you can get is a good sandwich, you take the sandwich.
David Vite, president of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, on his satisfaction with the new workers' compensation law. Changes include slashing medical rates to health care providers, setting new standards for determining disability and putting in place safeguards aimed at preventing abuses.
June 29, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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