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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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Secret Recordings the Spotlight of Pennsylvania Mayor's Corruption Trial
The hearsay rule is a bedrock principle of American jurisprudence: Anything offered as evidence that doesn't come from a witness testifying in court is hearsay and cannot be considered by jurors.
January 22, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Want to Sue Your State? In Arkansas, You Can't.
Arkansans have no right to file a lawsuit against their state government, even where the Legislature has given them permission to, the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled in a split decision Thursday that overturned two decades of case law.
January 22, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After Sexual Harassment Scandals, Florida Senate Changes Policy -- But Not Rules
The Florida Senate, where incidences of a hostile work environment have spawned formal and informal complaints of sexual harassment and led to the resignation of a powerful state senator last month, on Thursday decided it was time to crack down.
January 22, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Homeless Will Now Be Asked: Are You Fleeing Domestic Violence?
In its annual count of the city’s homeless population, New York in 2015 listed how many people fit into 10 different groups: nearly 4,000 chronically homeless, more than 8,000 severely mentally ill, 1,500 veterans, and so on. But when the list got to victims of domestic violence, the annual federally mandated count showed one striking number: zero.
January 22, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
We bring people from s---hole countries because s---hole Democrats need s---hole votes so they can turn America into a s---hole. Do you agree?
Facebook meme inspired by President Trump's apparent comments and shared by Joseph R. Ault, a now former city councilman in Franklin, Ind. He resigned after receiving backlash from the post.
January 19, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$10,000
Maximum fine, under a new state law, for California employers who give their employees' information to federal immigration authorities without a court order or subpoena. The feds have warned of an immigration crackdown in the state.
January 19, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Budget Battle
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Shutdown and Children's Health Insurance Saga Come to an End
President Trump signed a short-term spending bill on Monday evening that ends the government shutdown and reauthorizes CHIP for six years.
January 19, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Junk Food Wins: Neither Obama Nor Trump's USDA Allow Food Stamps Ban
Gov. Paul LePage announced Thursday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has denied him on a second try in his long-standing battle to ban soft drink and candy purchases with federal food stamp benefits.
January 19, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Sweeping Education Ruling Overturned by Connecticut Supreme Court
The state Supreme Court has overturned a Superior Court judge's controversial ruling that would have upended the state's educational-funding scheme and mandated a vast overhaul of teacher evaluations, educational standards and special-education services.
January 19, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Is Sexual Harassment Training a Waste of Time? Some South Dakota Lawmakers Think So.
South Dakota lawmakers underwent training Wednesday aimed at helping them understand and prevent sexual harassment in the Statehouse.
January 19, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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