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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.

Who Said That
Philly is superficially progressive. We want to be better but we are unwilling as a community to do the tough work in reconciliation of our past.
Erica Atwood, former executive director of the Philadelphia Police Advisory Commission, after two black men were arrested for refusing to leave a Starbucks where they were waiting to meet a friend. The incident attracted national attention and set off protests outside the store.
April 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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What Cities and States Are Doing to Cut Noise, 'the New Secondhand Smoke'
One of the quietest places in this noisy city is in the middle of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the largest art museums in the world, with 7 million visitors a year.
April 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Fake Letter From Washington Governor Posted on County Doors
On Thursday morning, Gary Berreth stepped outside of his house in the Green Meadows neighborhood and found an unexpected letter attached to his front door.
April 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Controversial Starbucks Arrests Put Philadelphia Police in Spotlight
Philly cops had a bad weekend.
April 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Teachers Win Funding and Pay Concessions From Arizona to Kentucky
An unexpected labor uprising has gripped some conservative states over the past two months as public school teachers have staged protests and strikes over low pay and strained education budgets.
April 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
For Criminal Justice Reform, Trump Administration Looks to Texas
Failed efforts to reform the federal criminal justice system are getting a second look in Washington _ after the White House saw how much money Texas and other states saved overhauling prisons.
April 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump, Missouri Gov. Greitens and the 'Witch Hunt' Claims That Bind Them
The term that now binds the right of American politics is not designed to win people over as much as harden true believers against a common enemy: the "swamp of Washington," the political elites of Jefferson City or the "deep state" of government bureaucrats and "liberal media" that Hannity attacks nightly.
April 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Kentucky Governor Apologizes for Blaming Teacher Protests for Sexual Assault of Children
Gov. Matt Bevin apologized Sunday for saying that teacher protests probably led to the sexual assault of children.
April 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
7 Inmates Killed in 'Incident' at South Carolina Prison
At least six emergency agencies responded to a "mass casualty incident" that lasted more than seven hours and left seven inmates dead at a South Carolina prison late Sunday.
April 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$1.4 trillion
Funding deficit for state public pension systems in fiscal 2016, which is a record high and a nearly $300 billion increase from 2015.
April 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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