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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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Trump Administration Sues California Over Immigrant Sanctuary Laws
The Trump administration, seeking to force a defiant California to cooperate with its agenda of stepped-up immigrant deportations, went to federal court Tuesday to invalidate three state laws -- the administration's most direct challenge yet to the state's policies.
March 07, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Teachers End 9-Day Strike as West Virginia Governor Signs Pay Raise Bill
Gov. Jim Justice signed into law a 5 percent pay raise for public school teachers and school service personnel Tuesday that appears to mark the end of the nine-school-day statewide strike.
March 07, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$155,000
Money raised by an online fundraiser started in memory of Philando Castile that is being used to pay all of the school lunch debt for public schools in St. Paul. Castile was fatally shot by a Minnesota police officer during a traffic stop in 2016.
March 06, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
The first time my name was misspelled. But you know what? Half of Michigan’s taken decades to learn how to spell my name.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, on when President Trump tweeted about him. The Republican, who's also running for governor, apparently likes to brag that he's the only candidate who Trump has tweeted about twice.
March 06, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Nation's Toughest Net Neutrality Law Signed by Washington Governor
Washington became the first state in the nation to require internet service be "net neutral" as Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bipartisan bill Monday afternoon.
March 06, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Arizona Rep. Arrested During DACA Protest
State Rep. Isela Blanc was arrested Monday during a protest for undocumented immigrants on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
March 06, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Missing From Tennessee Governor's School Safety Task Force: Democrats
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam announced his school safety committee members on Monday, but the 16-member group is lacking a Democrat.
March 06, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Violence Erupts on MSU Campus During Richard Spencer Speech
As his supporters brawled with protesters outside, Richard Spencer stood inside a Michigan State University building, blaming the violence on his skin color.
March 06, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Feds Issue Split Decision on Arkansas Medicaid Waiver
The Trump administration on Monday approved Arkansas’ request for a Medicaid work requirement but deferred a decision on the state’s request to roll back its Medicaid expansion that has added 300,000 adults to the program.
March 06, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump Erects Trade Barriers, and ‘Foreign Trade Zones’ Take Them Down
This tiny truck-stop town, 90 miles southeast of Denver and home to fewer than 2,000 people, is flanked on all sides by endless, undulating hills. Limon’s busiest areas are its two interstate exits, where truckers and road-trippers pull over to grab gas or fast food.
March 06, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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