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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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A Democrat Drops Out of Ohio Governor's Race
Richard Cordray's quest for the Democratic nomination for governor continued to gather momentum Wednesday, with former state Rep. Connie Pillich leaving the race as expected and throwing her support to her former rival.
February 15, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$190,000
First royalty check the state of California received from investing $2.75 billion in stem cell research.
February 14, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I'm really worried we're too late for 2018.
Jamil Jaffer, founder of the National Security Institute at George Mason University Law School, on protecting this year's elections from Russian meddling.
February 14, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Maryland Courts Can Now Revoke Rapists' Parental Rights
Gov. Larry Hogan signed legislation Tuesday that would allow rape victims to terminate the parental rights of their assailants -- a proposal that took more than a decade to make it through the Maryland General Assembly.
February 14, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kansas Governor Picks Businessman for Lieutenant Governor and Running Mate
Gov. Jeff Colyer has named a businessman from outside of Topeka politics as his lieutenant governor and running mate.
February 14, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump's Food Stamps Delivery Service Panned by Advocates and Retailers
Anti-hunger groups and retailers are lining up to blast President Donald Trump's proposed overhaul of the federal food stamp program, which would convert electronic food benefits for millions into boxes of packaged food.
February 14, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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A Second Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Ending DACA
A Brooklyn federal judge is blocking the Trump Administration from pulling back the Dreamers immigration program, saying the government did not provide adequate explanations for the abrupt about-face.
February 14, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Berkeley Becomes Sanctuary City, Likely the First, for Marijuana Smokers
Cannabis users and providers in Berkeley got an added layer of protection on Tuesday as the city declared itself a sanctuary city for marijuana, likely the first of its kind.
February 14, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
The only other option that people have in this state is committing suicide. If I can’t find some way of doing it legally, I’ll do it illegally.
Bob Sloan, a 73-year-old who said he intends to seek medical aid-in-dying if doctors say he is terminally ill. But in California, where he lives in a veterans' home, the procedure is not available to people living in veterans' homes.
February 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$1.51 billion
Sales of medical and recreational marijuana in Colorado last year, which is a record high. That brought in $247 million in taxes and fees for the state.
February 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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