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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.

Who Said That
It’s about whether you get so see your child on time because the commute is lessened. It’s about your dating pool because [of] where you can live and how far you can go out on a date.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on infrastructure.
May 23, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
We do this all the time, deciding that we have an ethical duty not to prosecute a case because it would be in violation of a constitutional protection. What’s new here is that this is an area, abortion, that we typically don’t find ourselves in.
Sim Gill, Salt Lake County’s district attorney, who says he will not enforce the abortion bans that contradict Roe v. Wade.
May 22, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$1.5 million
Money that Mississippi lawmakers gave to Weight Watchers from 2011 to 2016 so teachers could sign up for weight-loss courses at subsidized rates. Most of it came from education funding, and less than $1 million was spent on that purpose.
May 22, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
California high speed rail construction
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California High-Speed Rail Agency Sues Trump Administration
California's high-speed rail agency announced Tuesday it is suing the federal government over the Trump administration's decision to terminate a $929 million grant for the state's beleaguered bullet train.
May 21, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
The Tennessee Capitol
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Tennessee House Speaker Announces His Resignation
Tennessee Republican House Speaker Glen Casada today announced he will resign the post following a no-confidence resolution passed Monday by fellow House Republicans and calls from Republican Gov. Bill Lee for him to step down.
May 21, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$1,000
Unexpected expense that almost half (49 percent) of rural Americans can't afford.
May 21, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
It was also the beginning of a brand-new comedy: Bill de Blasio’s presidential campaign.
Joke by late-night host Jimmy Fallon. Most polls show the New York City mayor with 1 percent of the vote.
May 21, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
30%
Average amount of the 1998 tobacco settlement, worth $246 billion, that states spent on health care. Nearly as much -- 23 percent -- went to cover budget deficits. Settlements from opioid companies, sued for their role in the opioid crisis, are starting to roll in.
May 20, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I think employers are starting to realize that the fact a person uses marijuana at night shouldn't be any more disqualifying than if a person drinks beer at night.
Karen O’Keefe, state policies director for the Marijuana Policy Project. Fewer employers are requesting preemployment tests for marijuana.
May 20, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
GOP Governor Pushes Back on Trump Administration's Plan to Send Migrants to Florida
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday the state isn't prepared to handle vague Trump administration plans to send some 1,000 undocumented immigrants a month from the southern border to South Florida.
May 17, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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