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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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Weekday subway trains that arrive on time in New York City, which is a new low.
March 20, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Gun Control-Colorado
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With No Power to Pass Gun Laws, Florida Cities Prepare Plan B (and C)
Florida's failure to ban assault weapons has angered some local officials, but they have few options for recourse. Some are taking the issue to voters, while others are challenging a state law that bans cities from passing gun laws.
March 20, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
We don't need to have a lady teacher in a school that's got a firearm. It's mostly ladies that's teaching.
Alabama state Rep. Harry Shiver, on why he is opposed to a bill that would allow teachers to carry guns in school.
March 20, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Paying Hospitals to Keep People Out of Them? It Works in Maryland.
Saturdays at Mercy Medical Center used to be perversely lucrative. The dialysis clinic across the street was closed on weekends.
March 20, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Florida's Confederate Statue in U.S. Capitol to Be Replaced
Florida’s governor has ordered a statue of a Confederate general at the U.S. Capitol to be removed and replaced with one of an African-American woman.
March 20, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Uber Suspends Driverless Testing After Car Kills Pedestrian
In what appears to be the first pedestrian fatality involving a self-driving car, an Uber vehicle operating in autonomous mode Sunday night struck a Tempe, Ariz., woman, who later died of her injuries at a local hospital.
March 20, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Immigrant Sanctuary California, One City Votes to Follow Federal Law Instead
With about 12,000 residents spread across a few miles of suburban Southern California, Los Alamitos is better known for its good schools and small-town charms than political activism.
March 20, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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DACA Recipients in Arizona Pass the Supreme Court Test for Driver's Licenses
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday required Arizona to continue to issue driver’s licenses to the young adult immigrants known as Dreamers, refusing to hear the state’s challenge to an Obama-era program that protects hundreds of thousands of people brought into the country illegally as children.
March 20, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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'Sex and the City' Actress Joins New York Governor's Race
After dropping hints for days and huddling with powerful political consultants, actress Cynthia Nixon announced Monday that she will run for governor, all but guaranteeing a spirited election season for New Yorkers.
March 20, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Death Penalty Case Won't Be Heard by Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider an Arizona case that could have spelled the end of capital punishment in that state and the rest of the nation.
March 19, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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