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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
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The number of physics teachers that Georgia colleges produced in 2008, prompting an incentive plan, which was just recently funded, to pay new math and science teachers $1,461 to $6,577 more.
June 27, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I don’t blame the government. We could have gotten it if we wanted it.
Gary Rasmussen, referring to flood insurance, which he doesn't have for his trailer home in Minot, N.D., that is soon to be underwater. About a decade ago, the federal government stopped requiring low-lying valley homes to have flood insurance.
June 24, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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The number of states -- most recently Colorado -- that no longer cover circumcision for newborn boys under Medicaid. San Francisco will be the first city to hold a public vote on whether to ban the practice.
June 24, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
How weird would it be for a district judge to say that a city has to pay you $40,000 for taking away your right to sell weed?
Denver attorney Warren Edson, who represents many clients in the medical-marijuana industry, on his skepticism that growers and sellers of the substance will win compensation in their lawsuits against the city for shutting them down.
June 24, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
6%
The percent of eligible schools that opted into Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell's merit-pay program for teachers, citing concerns about the criteria used to judge teachers, the sustainability of the initiative and the accelerated implementation timeline.
June 23, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
In Medicaid, it's beyond a headache. It's a hemorrhage.
Texas Senate Finance Chairman Steve Ogden, who said he's unlikely to run for reelection because the 2013 Legislature will face all the same problems as this year since the budget didn't address any of them.
June 20, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
2,944
The number of living victims of state-sponsored sterilization in North Carolina -- the most of any state. Because of its association with Nazi Germany, most states stopped sterilization efforts post-WWII, but N.C. expanded them and is now trying to compensate its victims.
June 20, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I thought it would be a useful trip knowledge-wise, but politically speaking, I think it has the appearance of impropriety.
Va. Delegate David B. Albo, who turned down a lobbyist's offer for a free trip to France designed to help show that uranium mining was done safely. Virginia has what is thought to be the country's largest deposit of uranium and lobbyists want the state to lift its mining ban.
June 17, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$1 million
The maximum payout a new Tennessee law allows a person to get from a lawsuit involving serious spinal cord injuries, severe burns or the death of a parent of minor children.
June 17, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Nobody's going to die of thirst in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Mayor Nutter in a televised plea to urge citizens to pressure City Council members to support the soda tax to fund schools. The district has already passed a budget that includes more than 3,400 layoffs; cuts to music, arts, and special education; and elimination of yellow school-bus service for public and private schools.
June 16, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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