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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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Inside the New Proposed Federal Rules for Association Health Plans
The Department of Labor on Thursday released proposed new rules that proponents say will make it easier for businesses to band together in “associations” to buy health insurance.
January 05, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Washington State Sues Motel 6 for Giving Guests' Info to ICE
Washington's state attorney general sued Motel 6 on Wednesday, accusing the hotel chain of illegally giving information on thousands of guests to immigration enforcement officials who did not have warrants and who scrutinized guests with Latino-sounding names.
January 05, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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With Trump's Endorsement, Congressman DeSantis Enters Florida Governor's Race
With President Donald Trump’s recent endorsement in his back pocket, Republican Rep. Ron DeSantis on Friday will announce he’s entering the governor’s race, a move poised to inject national cash into a campaign already on the 2018 national radar.
January 05, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Offshore Drilling Could Expand Under New Trump Administration Plan
The Trump administration, inviting a political backlash from coastal state leaders, on Thursday proposed to open for exploration the largest expanse of the nation's offshore oil and natural gas reserves ever offered to global energy companies, including waters off the coast of California.
January 04, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
More than 800%
Annual increase in Wyoming's revenue from leasing land to oil and gas companies. The hike is largely due to rebounding oil prices, which hit record lows in 2016, and the Trump administration being friendlier to oil and gas companies than Obama. The state, however, still faces a more than $700 million budget gap.
January 04, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
We'll give Jeff Sessions our legal pot when he pries it from our warm, extremely interesting to look at hands.
Tweet from the Colorado Senate Democrats after news broke on Thursday that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions would rescind an Obama-era policy urging federal prosecutors not to prosecute people and businesses that comply with state marijuana laws.
January 04, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Pot Churches Proliferate as States Ease Access to Marijuana
Services at the Coachella Valley Church begin and end with the Lord’s Prayer. In between, there is the sacrament.
January 04, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New Bipartisan Bill Would Help States Beef Up Election Cybersecurity
Six U.S. senators have filed a bipartisan bill that would provide grants to states to help them move from paperless voting machines to paper ballots in an effort to make voting systems less vulnerable to hackers.
January 04, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Tied Virginia Race (and Control of the House) to Be Decided at Random Today
The winner of the 94th House District race will be chosen at random by drawing names Thursday in Richmond.
January 04, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Winter 'Bomb Cyclone' Pounds East Coast
A massive winter storm described as a violent "bomb cyclone" continued to move up the East Coast on Thursday, shutting schools, canceling flights, knocking out power and sparking fears of coastal flooding.
January 04, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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