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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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Florida Governor Orders Investigation of Shooting Response
Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Sunday asked the state Department of Law Enforcement to investigate the response to the Parkland school massacre, as questions mounted over the Broward County Sheriff's Office's handling of the shooting.
February 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Democratic Party Rejects Endorsement for Feinstein
California Democrats overwhelmingly decided not to endorse Sen. Dianne Feinstein this weekend, an embarrassing rebuke of a party icon who has represented California in the Senate for a quarter-century.
February 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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With ICE Warning, Oakland Mayor Takes Trump Resistance to New Level
The relationship between U.S. immigration officials and California's liberal leaders soured long ago, but Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf's decision to warn potential targets of federal arrest that an immigration sweep could be imminent was an extraordinary escalation.
February 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Do Uber, Lyft Congest Cities? Studies Increasingly Point to Yes.
One promise of ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft was fewer cars clogging city streets.
February 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After Indictment, Greitens Resigns From RGA Post and Skips NGA Meeting
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, under felony indictment, has resigned his position on the executive committee of the Republican Governors Association.
February 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Amid Opioid Crisis, Portland Joins the Hundreds of U.S. Governments Suing Drug Companies
The city of Portland will join a national movement by suing drug companies behind America's opioid crisis.
February 23, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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All Those Medicaid Experiments? States Often Fail to Evaluate the Results.
With federal spending on Medicaid experiments soaring in recent years, a congressional watchdog said state and federal governments fail to adequately evaluate if the efforts improve care and save money.
February 23, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Launches Environmental Justice Unit Focused on Poor Communities
Frustrated by declining federal regulation of the environment and health disparities between poorer and wealthier communities, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Thursday appointed a team of lawyers to fight pollution.
February 23, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Decades’ Worth of Rape Kits Are Finally Being Tested. Now What?
He wanted me to see the boxes. They were piled six or seven high, and there were so many stacks on the shelves it was hard to take them in all at once.
February 23, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Fraud Conviction Leads to Resignation Calls for Texas Democrat
State Sen. Carlos Uresti and co-defendant Gary Cain were found guilty Thursday on 20 combined felony charges in a criminal fraud trial over the past month that has stunned San Antonio and the state Capitol.
February 23, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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