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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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'This City Is Killing Us': Amid Protests, Sacramento Council Cuts Public Testimonies Short
Hundreds of protesters headed toward Golden 1 Center in downtown Sacramento and blocked its entrance Tuesday night for the second time in a week, preventing Kings fans from attending an NBA game as the protesters called for action in the police shooting of Stephon Clark.
March 29, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Police Shootings a 'Local Matter,' Says White House
President Donald Trump has encouraged police officers to be rougher on suspects they arrest. He has deployed federal authorities to stem gun violence in Chicago. And he has repeatedly called for police nationwide to implement tough-on-crime policies.
March 29, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Medical Marijuana Expanded to More People and Places in New Jersey
Gov. Murphy greatly expanded New Jersey's medical marijuana program Tuesday, opening the door to tens of thousands of new patients and allowing the five dispensaries spread across the state to add satellite retail centers and cultivation facilities.
March 29, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Where Opioids Are Deadliest, the State Limits Prescriptions
Gov. Jim Justice signed into law Tuesday a measure to limit the duration of opioid prescriptions issued in West Virginia -- the state with the highest overdose death rate in the nation.
March 29, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Facebook Pressured by Arizona to Protect Personal Data
The Arizona Attorney General is calling on Facebook to lead an industry-wide transformation to protect personal data online, and demanding answers on how Arizonans have been affected by breaches.
March 29, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Court Gives Florida 1 Month to Revamp System for Restoring Felons' Voting Rights
A judge on Tuesday ordered Gov. Rick Scott and the Cabinet to dismantle Florida’s “fatally flawed” system of arbitrarily restoring voting rights to felons and to replace it by April 26.
March 29, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Scott Walker Won't Appeal Special Election Ruling
Gov. Scott Walker won't appeal to the Wisconsin Supreme Court an appellate decision denying his request for eight more days to call a special election in two vacant legislative seats.
March 29, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck. This is insurance.
Susan Voss, Iowa’s former insurance commissioner, criticizing the state's plan to offer health coverage that doesn't comply with the Affordable Care Act. The state argues that it would be legal because association health plans are technically not considered "health insurance."
March 28, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$1,091
Federal health and human services funding that 37 states lost in 2015 for each person missed in the 2010 Census. With the Trump administration planning to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, many officials are worried immigrants will not take the survey.
March 28, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Must Work for Food Stamps Under New West Virginia Law
Gov. Jim Justice signed a bill into law Tuesday that will impose work requirements on certain adults receiving benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
March 28, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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