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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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Question to Divide California Into 3 States May Qualify for Ballot
Should there be three Californias instead of just one? You may soon have a chance to decide.
April 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Facebook Drops Opposition to Privacy Ballot Proposal
Facebook said Wednesday that it would no longer oppose a proposed state ballot initiative that aims to allow Web users to stop tech giants from selling personal information the companies collect about them, among other privacy protections.
April 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Landlords Score Legal Victory in San Francisco
A state appeals court has struck down a San Francisco ordinance that requires landlords who evict their tenants and go out of the rental business under the state's Ellis Act to wait 10 years before rebuilding or renovating any of the formerly rented units.
April 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ohio House Speaker Resigns Immediately, Not May 1
Under pressure from his temporary successor, House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger is resigning immediately from the legislature instead of at the end of the month as initially planned, according to House GOP spokesman Brad Miller.
April 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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A Single Fallen Tree Cuts Power to Nearly 1 Million Puerto Ricans
Power was gradually returning to Puerto Rico Thursday night after the US commonwealth was hit with a massive outage -- nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria destroyed much of the island's infrastructure and its electrical grid.
April 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Judge Issues Permanent, Nationwide Ban on DOJ Tying Cities' Police Funding to ICE Cooperation
The U.S. Department of Justice cannot favor police departments that are willing to cooperate with immigration agents when it doles out tens of millions of dollars in funding each year, a federal judge in Los Angeles ruled this week.
April 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Virginia State Senator Who Visited Assad Defends Syrian President
A state legislator who once flew to Damascus for a two-hour sit-down with Bashar al-Assad took to the floor of the Virginia Senate this week to say the Syrian president might have been framed with a suspected chemical attack — if the attack happened at all.
April 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump Orders EPA to Relax Smog Rules for States and Companies
President Trump took aim at federal air quality standards Thursday, directing the Environmental Protection Agency to relax restrictions on state governments and businesses that have been key to cutting smog.
April 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Oklahoma Teacher Union Calls for Shifting Attention From Protests to Elections
Oklahoma's largest teachers union has called for an end to a statewide walkout, 11 days after it began.
April 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Fellow GOP Governor Calls on Missouri's to Resign Over Scandal
Gov. Bruce Rauner said Thursday that he was "deeply troubled" by an investigation into extramarital sexual encounters Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens had with a hairstylist, saying he agreed with calls for his fellow Republican to step down.
April 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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