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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 Few Surprises in Governors' State of the State Speeches
There has been plenty of pomp and circumstance, and even more long-windedness, as governors from coast to coast stepped to rostrums this month to deliver their annual State of the State addresses.
January 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After Larry Nassar's Sentencing, Lawmakers Look to 'Make Sure This Never Happens Again'
In the wake of the Larry Nassar scandal, lawmakers in Lansing called Thursday for legislation to ensure that sexual abuse complaints are never ignored again and two legislators sent a subpoena to MSU demanding records of complaints filed against Nassar over a three-year period.
January 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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EPA Reverses 'Major Sources' of Pollution Policy
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday it was withdrawing a provision of the Clean Air Act that requires a major source of pollution like a power plant to always be treated as a major source, even if it makes changes to reduce emissions.
January 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Earthquake Warning System to Be Tested in 3 States
The U.S. Geological Survey's Earthquake Early Warning System director announced today that the preliminary phase of its rollout will begin this year in California, Oregon and Washington.
January 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Gov. Brownback Will Officially Resign on Wednesday
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has less than a week left in office before he resigns to take a job in President Donald Trump's administration.
January 26, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$47.25
Cost of driving on I-66 in Northern Virginia one morning last week. That toll price -- which is set by demand and traffic volumes, and changes every six minutes -- was a record high.
January 25, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
It'll last for 100 years, after all you guys are gone.
Califorina Gov. Jerry Brown, in his final State of the State address on Thursday, defending the cost of the high-speed rail project, which was recently raised by $2.8 billion.
January 25, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New York to Internet Providers: Follow Net Neutrality Rules or Lose State Contracts
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday issued an executive order intended to strengthen net neutrality in New York by prohibiting state government contracts with internet companies that do not honor the rules that were unraveled last month by the Federal Communications Commission.
January 25, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Fracking Lawsuit Is California's Latest Against Trump Administration
California and environmental and tribal groups sued the Trump administration in San Francisco federal court Wednesday seeking to enforce Obama administration regulations of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for oil and gas wells on hundreds of millions of acres of federally managed lands.
January 25, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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John Kasich's Lt. Gov. Claims They Haven't Talked in Over a Year. Records Show Otherwise.
The office of Ohio Gov. John Kasich, and her own appointment calendar, dispute Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor's assertion that she has not talked to the governor in more than a year.
January 25, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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