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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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Parkland's State Representative: Something Has to Happen
On the night of the mass shooting, Kristin Jacobs was in the room as parents received news about missing children. "If you were in that room," she says, "how could you let nothing happen?"
February 28, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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West Virginia Teachers Strike Scheduled to End With 5% Raises
With a proposal for an even higher pay raise next school year, this year's statewide public school employees strike -- the second teacher strike in West Virginia history and the first to also include school service personnel -- is planned to end, at least for now.
February 28, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Bill to Arm Teachers Advances in Florida, Over Governor's Objections
Teachers could take up arms under wide-ranging measures dealing with mental health, school safety and gun access that are headed to the floor of the Florida House and Senate after passing through final committee hearings Tuesday.
February 28, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Immigrants Awaiting Deportation Have No Right to Bail, Rules Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday strengthened the Trump administration's power to hold immigrants in jail for months or years as they fight deportation, ruling federal law gives these detainees no right to a bail hearing nor a chance to go free.
February 28, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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1 Republican Drops Out of California Governor's Race, Leaving 2 More
There are now two Republicans running for governor in California after former Sacramento Rep. Doug Ose dropped out Monday. And if state party Chairman Jim Brulte had his way, there would be only one.
February 28, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Gun Control? Maine GOP Candidates for Governor Agree That's Not the Solution.
The five candidates vying for the Republican nomination in Maine's 2018 governor's race bucked a national tide by agreeing during a Monday night debate at Colby College that the way to make schools safer isn't through stricter gun control laws.
February 28, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump Endorses Top Texas Republicans
After initially skipping some top Texas Republicans when dishing out endorsements, President Trump on Tuesday gave his blessing to GOP candidates who are facing fierce primary challenges.
February 28, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Free Speech Case, Supreme Court Appears Sympathetic to Citizen Arrested During City Council Meeting
With U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts saying it was "chilling" to watch a video of Fane Lozman being led out of a 2006 Riviera Beach city council meeting in handcuffs, the high court on Tuesday may have signalled a willingness to make sure Americans' right to speak freely at public meetings isn't compromised.
February 28, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump Administration Adds Fuel to States and Cities' Opioid Lawsuits
In a move to address the nation's deadly opioid crisis, the Justice Department says it will target the prescription drug pipeline with a new focus on companies that manufacture and distribute the drugs.
February 28, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
You're reading my mind because when I saw that map, the first thing I thought was that I wanted to relocate your jawbone.
Mayor Timothy P. Kerner's response to a federal official's suggestion that his Louisiana town, Jean Lafitte, should relocate instead of build a levee around the town to protect it from rising sea levels.
February 27, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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