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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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If Kasich Runs for President, He Has Arnold Schwarzenegger's Vote
Arnold Schwarzenegger talks like he wants his old buddy John Kasich to make another run for the White House.
March 22, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Evoking Trump, Ohio Candidate Tweets 'Lock Her Up' About His Opponent
The campaign of Mike DeWine continues to ratchet up the ill will in the race for the Republican nomination for governor, tweeting that Mary Taylor committed a crime and should be locked up.
March 22, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Death Row Inmate Given Second Chance by Supreme Court
Siding with a Texas death row inmate Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered a lower court to take another look at Carlos Ayestas' request for money to fully investigate his claims of schizophrenia, brain injuries and similar issues.
March 22, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Opioid Prescriptions Now Have 3-Day Limit in Florida
Gov. Rick Scott signed legislation into law Monday that puts a limit on opioid prescriptions and provides $65 million to fight the epidemic statewide. He signed the bill at the "ground zero" of the opioid crisis -- Manatee County.
March 21, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Republican Governor Calls on Congress to Raise Gas Tax
It's time to raise the federal gas tax to help fix Michigan's ravaged roads, Gov. Rick Snyder said Tuesday.
March 21, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Mississippi Governor Appoints State's First Woman in Congress
The Mississippi governor's appointment of Cindy Hyde-Smith to the Senate next month marks a milestone: She will be the state's first woman in Congress.
March 21, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Using Hazy Laws, States Revoke Thousands of Mentally Ill People's Voting Rights
Like many people with autism, Greg Demer is bright but has difficulty communicating. He has a passion for the history of military aircraft, but he can’t quite keep up a conversation with new people. When he meets someone, he’ll quote from movies or ask them about their favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.
March 21, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Arizona has been the wild west of robot car testing, with virtually no regulations in place. When there's no sheriff in town, people get killed.
John Simpson, privacy and technology project director for Consumer Watchdog, after -- in what appears to be the first death of its kind -- a self-driving car in the state killed a pedestrian. The tragedy prompted Uber to suspend its autonomous vehicle operations in four cities.
March 21, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Why step over the lines of state government to make more trouble when California already has so much to deal with? Frankly, I'm more concerned about earthquake safety than I am about politics.
Dan Harold, a resident of Los Alamitos, Calif., which voted to defy some of the state's "sanctuary" laws that protect undocumented immigrants. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against those state laws.
March 21, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
More than 600 of 1,222
Municipal governments that didn't disclose any revenue lost to tax incentives on their annual financial report. A new rule requires them to reveal that information but gives governments the power to decide what's worth reporting.
March 21, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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