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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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Uber Won't Renew Driverless Permit in California After Fatal Crash
Uber plans to end all autonomous-car testing in California for the foreseeable future, according to a letter from the state Department of Motor Vehicles to the company.
March 28, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Larry Nassar's MSU Boss Arrested Amid His Own Assault Allegations
Looks like the fox was guarding the henhouse.
March 28, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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At Least 12 States Plan to Sue Over Citizenship Question on Census
At least 12 states have responded with a wave of fury and legal action this week after the Trump administration announced it would add a question to the 2020 census asking respondents whether they are U.S. citizens.
March 28, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Scott Walker Signs Gun Control-Free School Safety Plan
In the wake of shootings around the country, Gov. Scott Walker on Monday signed a $100 million plan that would tighten school security but not put new limits on guns.
March 27, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Abortion Reporting Bill Now Law in Indiana
Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a measure Sunday requiring doctors to report abortion complications, even if they don't work in an abortion clinic.
March 27, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Hey, mute.
An officer in the police video that captured Stephon Clark's death. The sound then cuts off. Sacramento police fatally shot Clark -- who was unarmed and suspected of vandalism -- in his grandmother's backyard.
March 27, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After 'Fight Club' Revelations, Florida Passes Juvenile Justice Reforms
For the first time in a decade, Florida juvenile detention and probation officers will see a bump in their salaries -- an increase in the state budget that is part of a series of juvenile justice reforms passed by the Legislature this month.
March 27, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California DOJ to Oversee Sacramento Police's Investigation of Stephon Clark's Death
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Tuesday his office would provide independent oversight of the investigation into the death of Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man who was shot and killed by two Sacramento police officers earlier this month in his grandparents' backyard.
March 27, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Police Involved in Alton Sterling's Death Won't Be Charged by State
More than 20 months after the fatal police shooting of a black man outside a Baton Rouge mini-mart touched off protests nationwide over police treatment of African Americans, the Louisiana attorney general said Tuesday that he would not charge two white officers in the death.
March 27, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$50 to $300 and up
Retail price of bulletproof backpacks, which a Louisiana Senate committee voted this week to allow in public schools.
March 27, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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