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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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7 Governors Launch Gun Violence Research Group
More than half a dozen governors — most of them Democrats from the Northeast — announced plans Wednesday to launch an “unprecedented” multistate consortium that will study gun violence as a public health issue.
April 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Churches Can't Use Taxpayer Dollars, Rules New Jersey Supreme Court
A New Jersey Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday found the use of taxpayer dollars to restore historic churches unconstitutional — and preservationists in North Jersey say the decision could strike a blow in communities where historic churches exist.
April 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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HUD Unveils Plan to Make the Poor Pay More Rent and Work for Housing Aid
HUD Secretary Ben Carson on Wednesday unveiled a major overhaul of the rental-housing system, proposing to increase the share of rent that low-income households must pay before receiving assistance and allow public housing authorities to impose work requirements.
April 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Schools Close While Teachers Protest in Arizona and Colorado
A wave of red-clad teachers will crash upon the Arizona state Capitol on Thursday for an unprecedented job action that will close schools for a majority of the state's public school students, part of an educator uprising that's also bubbled up in Colorado.
April 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Democrats Flip 40th Legislative Seat in Trump Era, This Time in New York
The Democratic Party has made its 40th gain in a state legislative race since the inauguration of President Trump, picking up a Long Island-based seat in the New York State Assembly.
April 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
6 million
People in the U.S. who can't vote because they were convicted of a felony. More than 1 million of them reside in Florida.
April 25, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
There may be people who might question why is it we need to do something like this. We don’t have to be sick to get better. There’s always more we can do to make sure we’re truly providing all opportunities for all folks in our community.
Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice, on a new requirement for all policy decisions to be made only after considering their impact on equity -- racial and otherwise.
April 25, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
6 months
Jail time teachers in Colorado could get for striking if a recently introduced bill becomes law. The legislation comes at a time when teachers are leaving classrooms across the country to protest low pay and inadequate education funding.
April 25, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
We got the best weed in the United States.
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee, on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher."
April 25, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Why the Best Mental Health Care Is Sometimes Limited to the Criminally Insane
In the midst of a harrowing psychotic episode in summer 2009, Annie broke into her ex-husband’s house and used a hammer and scissors to lay waste to plates, knickknacks, clothing, “and honestly, I don’t know what else.”
April 25, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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