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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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Oil Companies Delivered Powerful Blow From New York City
New York City delivered a powerful blow to the fossil fuel industry by launching a climate change lawsuit against the biggest oil companies and promising to dump billions of dollars of fossil fuel stocks.
January 10, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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School Board Receives Death Threats After Teacher Arrested for Asking About Superintendent's Salary
The Louisiana school board that oversaw the removal and arrest of an outspoken teacher from a meeting is now getting showered with death threats.
January 10, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Marijuana Has Always Been Legalized by Voters. In Vermont, Lawmakers Just Did.
The Vermont Legislature made history Wednesday, becoming the first in the U.S. to approve a bill put forward by lawmakers to legalize recreational marijuana.
January 10, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I've earned the right to vote. Whether I use it or not is up to my personal discretion. They don't take away my right to buy a gun if I don't buy a gun.
Larry Harmon, a U.S. Navy veteran who didn’t vote in the 2009 or 2010 elections and didn’t respond to a mailed notice from Ohio’s election board. When he went to the polls in November 2015, he learned that he had been removed from the state’s voter rolls. He is the plaintiff in a U.S. Supreme Court case against Ohio about when it's legal to kick inactive voters off registration lists.
January 10, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Democrats Seek Ways to Help Taxpayers Circumvent Deduction Limit
Scattered community efforts to help residents lessen the blow of the Republican tax overhaul's limit on a popular deduction are turning into full-fledged rebellion in California and elsewhere across the country.
January 10, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Indian Tribes Take Opioid Companies to Court
Indian tribes in Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas are suing opioid manufacturers and distributors over the epidemic of addiction and overdoses that racks their reservations.
January 10, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Voting Maps Ruled Unconstitutional in North Carolina
A panel of federal judges struck down North Carolina's election districts for U.S. Congress on Tuesday as unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders and gave lawmakers until Jan. 29 to bring them new maps to correct the problem.
January 10, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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At Least 13 Dead After Mudslides in Southern California
At least 13 people were killed Tuesday when a rainstorm sent mud and debris coursing through Montecito neighborhoods and left rescue crews to scramble through clogged roadways and downed trees to search for victims.
January 10, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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A Democrat, a Republican and Their Extramarital Affair Kick Off Florida's Legislative Session
Two South Florida state senators went public Tuesday to acknowledge their extramarital affair as the Florida Legislature convened under a cloud of sexual impropriety that has distracted lawmakers for months.
January 10, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After Comments About Pot and Black People, Kansas Lawmaker Resigns From Leadership Posts
A Kansas state lawmaker who made racist statements about blacks and marijuana over the weekend and then apologized resigned his leadership positions in the Legislature on Tuesday.
January 10, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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