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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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Top Republican in California Running for His Old Job -- as an Independent
Former state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner -- the most recent Republican not named Arnold Schwarzenegger to win statewide office -- is running for his old job.
February 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Every State Tracks Opioids, But Only Nebraska Monitors <i>All</i> Prescription Drugs
Nebraska is the first state to require reporting of all dispensed prescription drugs to the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program.
February 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Facing Mounting Lawsuits, Purdue Pharma Will Stop Promoting Opioids
The manufacturer of the powerful painkiller OxyContin announced this week that it will stop promoting its opioid drugs to doctors after years of criticism and mounting lawsuits, some based in part on a Times investigation.
February 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
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Trump Proposes Unprecedented Expansion of School Choice
The president's budget calls for a $1.1 billion investment in school choice.
February 12, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
It feels like the rest of the country is waking up to what we’ve been experiencing over the last dozen years or so.
January Contreras, a Democratic candidate for Arizona attorney general who would be the first Latina elected statewide there.
February 12, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
93,000 pounds
Mardi Gras beads found in New Orleans' storm drains when crews cleaned them after heavy floods last summer.
February 12, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza sitting at her desk.
Other Lawmakers 'Would Say They Had Shoes Older Than Me'
Susana Mendoza was just 28 years old when she was first elected. Now she oversees how her former colleagues are spending their state's money.
February 12, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Who Should Pay for Lawmakers' Sexual Misdeeds?
When Pennsylvania state Rep. Thomas Caltagirone was accused of harassing a staff member, the Legislature settled the matter outside of court. The state’s insurance paid out $250,000 in 2015, and no one said a word — even during the next year’s elections, when Caltagirone retained his seat.
February 12, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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School Bus Drivers End Strike in Seattle
Bus service for Seattle Public Schools students will resume Monday after the union representing 400 school-bus drivers voted Saturday to end their weeklong strike.
February 12, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Earmarks May Make a Comeback in Congress. In Some States, They Never Went Away.
When Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown and California legislative leaders needed a handful of votes last year to push a gasoline tax hike over the finish line, they turned to a well-tested, yet widely disparaged, tool: “earmarks” for wavering lawmakers’ pet projects.
February 12, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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