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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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Texas Governor Replaces Key Officials in Scandal-Plagued Juvenile Justice Department
Gov. Greg Abbott is in the process of replacing two top officials at the scandal-plagued juvenile justice agency that is still adjusting to a new executive director who took the helm last month.
January 31, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Amid False Nuclear Alarm Fallout, Hawaii's Emergency Manager Resigns
Hawaii's state emergency manager resigned Tuesday after officials said a recent false alarm warning of an incoming missile was triggered by an employee who got confused during an unplanned drill and thought the state was really under attack.
January 31, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Former Mississippi Governor Was Arrested With Loaded Gun at Airport
Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour was arrested for having a loaded handgun at the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport in Jackson on Jan. 2, according to the Associated Press.
January 31, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Flu Epidemic Prompts New York to Suspend Vaccine Age Limits
Flu diagnoses and hospitalizations in New York have climbed to their highest levels on record prompting the governor to issue an executive order to contain what has been declared an epidemic.
January 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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3 Democratic Governors to Sue Over Tax Law
The governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut this morning said they are teaming up to challenge new federal tax overhaul law in court.
January 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I thought one reason might be that third-grade girls singing about being 'a loyal son' just didn't fit anymore.
Donn Devine, 88, on why Delaware should update its state song -- which he co-wrote -- to be gender-neutral. A bill to do so has been proposed, but some lawmakers see it as an overreach of political correctness.
January 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
10 years
Statue of limitations in Michigan, for charging or filing a civil lawsuit against someone suspected of sexually assaulting a minor under the age of 16. The legislature wants to eliminate it after Larry Nassar, a former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University doctor, was sentenced to prison for decades of sexually abusing at least 150 girls.
January 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Legal or Not, Idaho Relaxes Obamacare Rules
Concerned about soaring health care costs, Idaho on Wednesday revealed a plan that will allow insurance companies to sell cheap policies that ditch key provisions of the Affordable Care Act.
January 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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If DACA Exists in June, Texas Governor May Sue
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday informed the U.S. Supreme Court that if the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program still exists in June, his office would consider filing suit to eliminate the program.
January 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Debate for California Governor Turns Into Battle Between the Rich Guys
The candidates who hope to be California's next governor clashed Thursday about immigration, health care and how they made their fortunes at a boisterous debate in front of a packed hall with a predominantly Latino audience.
January 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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