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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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When a deputy shoots somebody, which way is better financially? To cripple them or kill them? Absolutely [to kill them].
Sheriff Donny Youngblood of Kern County, Calif., caught on a recently released 2006 tape talking to a union of jail employees. In 2015, The Guardian found that the county had the nation's highest per capita rate of killings by police officers. He is up for reelection this year.
April 12, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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Increase in homeownership among black Americans since the Fair Housing Act was signed 50 years ago. Housing advocates say progress has been slow because of the federal government's varied enforcement of the law over the years.
April 12, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I understand I may lose support over the decision to sign these bills today, but those are consequences I am prepared to live with.
Vermont GOP Gov. Phil Scott, as he signed gun control bills on Wednesday -- in front of an angry crowd -- after campaigning against more firearm regulations. He says his stance changed earlier this year when authorities stopped a teenager's plan for a school shooting in the state.
April 12, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump's 'Sanctuary Cities' Policy Receives Chilly Reception in Court
Courts throughout the nation are considering President Trump's efforts to compel unwilling cities and states to help carry out his hard-line immigration policies. But his most far-reaching decree, a January 2017 order to cut off federal funds to San Francisco and other sanctuary cities, received an apparently chilly reception from a federal appeals court Wednesday.
April 12, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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One District Gives Teachers a New Weapon to Fight Shooters: Mini Baseball Bats
A Pennsylvania school district made headlines last month when it said it was arming teachers and students with buckets of rocks as a last resort to fight off shooters.
April 12, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Resignation Calls Increase for Missouri Governor After House Proclaims His Accuser's Abuse Claims to Be Credible
A growing number of Missouri lawmakers are calling on Gov. Eric Greitens to step down over "horrendous" and "disgraceful" allegations of abuse detailed in an investigative report released Wednesday.
April 12, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Agrees to Send National Guard to Border -- But Not to Enforce U.S. Immigration Law
California Gov. Jerry Brown agreed Wednesday to take money, but not marching orders, from President Donald Trump in deploying 400 National Guard troops to various locations around the state, insisting that any service members near the border would not enforce federal immigration law.
April 12, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Democrats' Final Debate for Ohio Governor, No Clear Winner Emerges
Tuesday night's debate among the four Democratic Party candidates for Ohio governor may have been informative and policy-driven, but none of the candidates gained a clear advantage at the end of the night.
April 12, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Scott Walker Signs Welfare Limits
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday signed new limits on welfare programs into law, committing state and federal taxpayers to nearly $80 million in spending to draw more people into the labor force.
April 12, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
From Louisiana to Vermont, Gun Control Bills Get Mixed Results
This week, lawmakers from the Northeast to the Deep South have been debating and voting on gun control legislation, with mixed results. Here's a snapshot of what has been happening with these measures in recent days.
April 12, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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