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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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17,000 Detroit Households At Risk of Water Shutoff
About 17,461 Detroit households are at risk for water shutoffs next month when the city's water department resumes its controversial program, the Free Press has learned.
March 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Washington State Will Stop Automatically Trying Some Teens in Adult Court
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, signed into law a bill which will limit the number of youth who can be tried as adults in criminal courts.
March 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Federal Ban on Methadone Vans Seen as Barrier to Opioid Treatment
From California to Vermont, mobile methadone vans have served people with opioid addiction in rural towns and underserved inner-city neighborhoods for nearly three decades.
March 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Opioid Money in Spending Bill Appreciated But Not Enough, Say States
The federal government will spend a record $4.6 billion this year to fight the nation’s deepening opioid crisis, which killed 42,000 Americans in 2016.
March 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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'Vote Them Out': Hundreds of Thousands March Worldwide to Demand Gun Control
Tears rolled down Emma Gonzalez's face as she stood in silence.
March 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Assault Weapons Ban Introduced in Delaware
A proposed ban on assault weapons was introduced in the Delaware General Assembly on Thursday, the latest and likely most contested bill among a slew of gun control measures being debated by state lawmakers this year.
March 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kamala Harris Backs Ben Jealous for Maryland Governor
Maryland gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous has received an endorsement from Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), adding to the list of nationally-known progressives who are backing his bid for governor.
March 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Latest News
Former Georgia Governor, Zell Miller, Dies
Zell Miller, a former two-term governor and U.S. senator who gave birth to Georgia's HOPE scholarship, has died at the age of 86, his family said Friday in a statement.
March 23, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$70,000
Salary for the governor of Maine, which is the lowest in the country. The current one, Paul LePage, has proposed doubling it -- to $150,000.
March 23, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I don’t want to encourage anyone to enter into plural marriage. It’s actually quite difficult to balance.
Nathan Collier, a polygamist who lost a lawsuit he filed after a Montana county refused to grant him a second marriage license. He said he went to court to fight for people's freedom to choose their own families -- not promote polygamy.
March 23, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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