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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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High-Speed Rail Study Shut Down in the Midwest
An environmental study exploring the viability of high-speed passenger rail service between the Twin Cities and Milwaukee has been shut down after two Minnesota Republican legislators said it was a waste of taxpayer dollars.
January 09, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kansas Lawmaker Apologizes for Controversial Comments About Marijuana and African-Americans
A Kansas state lawmaker made racist comments about blacks and marijuana, saying that because of their "character makeup, their genetics" African-Americans had the worst response to the drug.
January 09, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Natural Disasters Cost U.S. an Unprecedented $306 Billion Last Year
Last year's devastating floods and fires in California combined with hurricanes and other natural disasters to wreak unprecedented financial damage on the United States, the federal government reported Monday.
January 09, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
40%
Portion of plastic discarded in the U.S. last year and then sent to China, the largest global importer of most recyclable materials. That won't be the case anymore, though, because the country recently banned "foreign waste."
January 08, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I absolutely believe if Trump had not gotten into the race I think we would have won.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who ran for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016.
January 08, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump Wants to Expand Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling. Does the Industry?
During his years in the White House, President Barack Obama erected barriers to oil and gas development on the West's public lands. President Donald Trump, mindful of the energy industry's view that those rules were too restrictive, has set his sights on dismantling them.
January 08, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump Administration Refuses Court Order to Turn Over Voter Commission Documents
President Trump's decision last week to pull the plug on his troubled voter fraud commission was partly the result of Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap's effort to force the body to behave in a transparent and bipartisan manner, a struggle that gained intensity Saturday, when Dunlap learned the administration would not be turning over working documents to him as a federal judge had ordered.
January 08, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Drug Overdose Deaths Soar Nationally But Plateau in Some States
The opioid crisis on the East Coast and in the Midwest has fueled a national surge in drug deaths, even as fatal overdoses have decreased or remained stable in parts of the West, new federal data show.
January 08, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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As Congress Debates CHIP, Some States Could Run Out of Funds Sooner Than Expected
Some states are facing a mid-January loss of funding for their Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) despite spending approved by Congress in late December that was expected to keep the program running for three months, federal health officials said Friday.
January 08, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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2 Teens Carjacked a Baltimore City Councilmember. Now She's Their Advocate.
The weather wasn't too cold that December morning, so Baltimore City Councilwoman Rochelle "Rikki" Spector put on a light jacket as she headed for her gold Buick.
January 08, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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