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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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Solar Customers Exempt From Some Taxes, Rules Arizona Supreme Court
The Arizona Supreme Court in a ruling Friday spared tens of thousands of homeowners who lease rooftop solar panels from paying property taxes to the state on that equipment.
March 19, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After Florida Bridge Collapse, Blame Game Escalates Between State and University
Cracking in the concrete, tension cables, stress tests -- no conclusion has been made whether any of them caused the pedestrian bridge at Florida International University to collapse, killing six motorists under an avalanche of concrete and metal.
March 19, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
15 weeks
Time limit on abortions in Mississippi under a bill the governor said he endorses. Once signed, it will be the strictest abortion ban in the nation.
March 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
If you don't believe in (God), that's fine with me. I don't care, go to hell.
David Unruh, commissioner for Sedgwick County, Kan., in response to a letter accusing the county of violating the law by denying an atheist's request to deliver the commission's opening prayer.
March 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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A Different Kind of Gender Pay Gap: Where Women Earn More Than Men
CHAMBLEE, Ga. — This Atlanta suburb is a lot like other metropolitan suburbs around the country. A manufacturing economy is giving way to new apartments and tech enterprises built around a quick commute to Atlanta.
March 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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To Prevent Shootings and Suicides, More States Embrace Anonymous Tip Lines
After a teenage gunman killed 17 people at a Parkland, Florida, high school last month, schools across the country were hit by a wave of copycat threats.
March 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Gun Control Bills Die in Kansas, Day After Student Walkout
Kansas lawmakers rejected a series of gun control measures one by one on Thursday, the day after students nationwide walked out of class to protest school shootings.
March 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Pennsylvania, State Lawmaker Extends Restraining Order Against Fellow Legislator
A judge on Thursday extended for three years a restraining order obtained by a state legislator who has accused Rep. Nick Miccarelli (R., Delaware) of physical and mental abuse while the two were dating in 2012 and of stalking her in the state Capitol later.
March 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Is Accelerated Construction to Blame for Fatal Florida Bridge Collapse?
The unfinished pedestrian overpass that toppled onto the Tamiami Trail on Thursday was being built under a relatively novel approach called accelerated bridge construction -- a fast, tested method that carries some risks if not rigorously carried out.
March 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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U.S. Sanctions Russians for Cyberattacks on Power Grid and Election Meddling
The Trump administration on Thursday announced sanctions against 19 Russian individuals and five organizations for meddling in the 2016 election and for other "destructive cyber-attacks" still targeting the U.S. electrical grid and water systems.
March 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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