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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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After Carbon Tax Fails in Washington, Focus Turns to 9 Other States
Washington state won’t be enacting the nation’s first tax on greenhouse gas emissions this year. But the idea has grown more popular in the states since President Trump pulled out of the Paris Climate Agreement.
March 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ex-Aide to New York Gov. Cuomo Convicted of Corruption
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's one-time top adviser, Joseph Percoco, has been convicted of corruption charges by a Manhattan federal court jury on its eighth day of deliberations.
March 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
April 2
Date that Oklahoma's largest teacher union set to strike if their demands aren't met. It would be the second statewide teachers' strike in the country this year.
March 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I could be wrong, but I don’t know too many men who get letters or phone calls that say, ‘I’m going to rape you.’ I was the first female mayor. Nobody else in the history of the city had to have police security all the time.
Heather McTeer Toney, former mayor of Greenville, Miss.
March 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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San Francisco Sheriff 'Embarrassed' Jail Broke California's Sanctuary Law
The San Francisco Sheriff's Department allowed federal immigration officers into one of its jails to interview an inmate, a violation of jail policy and California sanctuary law, department officials said Monday.
March 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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'Fake News' Accusation From Kasich Spurs New Job Numbers
After Gov. John Kasich disputed Ohio job-creation numbers reported by The Dispatch last week, a state official said Monday that the data originally provided to the newspaper by the Kasich administration were incorrect.
March 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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School Gun-Violence Walkout Tests Student Rights and School Responsibilities
Wednesday morning, at 10 o'clock, students at schools across the country will walk out of their classrooms. The plan is for them to leave school — or at least gather in the hallway — for 17 minutes. That's one minute for each of the victims in last month's school shooting in Parkland, Fla.
March 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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An Agency in Jeopardy, a Senator's Wife and a Firing in West Virginia
Gov. Jim Justice announced Monday night that he had fired Education and the Arts Secretary Gayle Manchin, wife of Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., after she sent out a news release in which she offered to "resign to remove any political pressure."
March 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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With Trump As His Model, Brothel Owner Runs for Nevada Office
The brothel owner walked through the double doors of the casino ballroom with Paris and Destiny _ two sex workers in slinky black dresses _ gliding next to him like pilot fish.
March 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Iowa Majority Leader Resigns After Video Shows Him Kissing Lobbyist
Majority Senate Republicans vowed to have a new floor general by Wednesday to finish out a legislative session they hope will produce major state tax cuts, a responsible state budget plan and other conservative priorites that were moving before Bill Dix abruptly resigned as GOP leader Monday.
March 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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