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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 seems like everybody in the country, except the justices, expects the court to overturn Roe.
Clarke Forsythe of the anti-abortion group Americans United for Life, referring to Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court case guaranteeing women the right to an abortion.
May 24, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
25
States where the measles has made a comeback in the last year, most recently in Maine. The vaccine-preventable infection can cause pneumonia, encephalitis, brain damage and death.
May 24, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
55,000
Children at risk of losing their home because a proposed U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development rule would disqualify families from living in public housing if they have an undocumented person living with them.
May 23, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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
concept of performance review
Archive
How Public Employers Are Reevaluating the Employee Review
Local governments are changing the frequency of performance evaluations, who receives them and what they're assessing.
May 22, 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
Archive
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
Archive
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
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