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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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How Truckers Fit Into Michigan Police's Suicide Prevention Strategy
13 semi truck drivers became heroes Tuesday morning as they helped Michigan State Police coax a man off a busy highway overpass.
April 25, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Maine Lets Towns Ban Sex Offenders From Parks and Recreation
Maine towns will be able to ban sex offenders from any state or municipal park, athletic field or recreational facility serving children.
April 25, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Assessing 'Equity' With Every Policy Decision Still Rare But Growing
Maryland’s largest jurisdiction is poised to create a new policy mandating that all its actions be weighed against how they might affect equity — racial and otherwise — among its roughly 1 million residents.
April 25, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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As Colorado Teachers Plan Protest, GOP Seeks to Outlaw Strikes
Two Republican state lawmakers have introduced a bill seeking to prohibit Colorado teachers from striking and make it so they would face firing, fines or even jail time if they do so anyway.
April 25, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Racial Gerrymandering Case, Supreme Court Justices Express Sympathy for Both Sides
Lawyers for Texas and a broad coalition of African-American and Latino rights groups clashed Tuesday before the U.S. Supreme Court in a protracted redistricting dispute alleging that the state's Republican lawmakers intentionally drew their latest political maps to marginalize minority voters.
April 25, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas Governor Sets a Date for Special Election to Replace Congressman Farenthold
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has called for an emergency special election on June 30 to replace former Congressman Blake Farenthold, a Republican who resigned this month in the face of an ethics probe into past allegations of sexual harassment.
April 25, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Judge on DACA: Trump Must Accept New Applicants
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Trump had offered no legal justification for canceling DACA protections for nearly 700,000 young undocumented immigrants, in a ruling that -- for the first time -- would require the administration to accept new applicants to the program.
April 25, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
It's good to say, 'Rah, rah, rah,' but ... Dorothy needs our checks, checks, checks to fund a quality campaign.
A pastor at an event where Dorothy Brown, the Cook County court clerk, announced her candidacy for Chicago mayor. Brown, who has just $8,000 in campaign funds and is under federal investigation, brought her pastor up to encourage attendees to fill the envelopes being passed around with cash, checks or their credit card information.
April 24, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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School districts, out of 13,500 nationwide, that operate on four-day weeks. Most of them are rural, but urban areas have started to make the switch in an effort to save money and attract teachers.
April 24, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Do Conflicts of Interest Matter? In the Michigan Legislature, Not So Much.
New legislation would make voting with a conflict of interest a felony punishable by up to 4 years in prison
April 24, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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