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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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Charlottesville, Site of Deadly White Nationalist Rally, Selects First Black Female Mayor
The city of Charlottesville, Va., on Tuesday night chose the first African-American woman to serve as its mayor, less than six months after a deadly white nationalist rally in the city made national headlines.
January 04, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Fearing Net Neutrality Changes, Teen Writes Gov. LePage. His Response: Read a Book.
Gov. Paul LePage had a one-sentence response to a 16-year-old who wrote to him worried about the repeal of net neutrality rules: Read a book.
January 04, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Poor and Obese? Delaware Will Soon Cover Monthly Doctor Visits.
The state's Medicaid program will cover treatment visits for people struggling with obesity in 2019 with the hopes it will improve health outcomes for Delawareans.
January 04, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Citing States' Resistance, Trump Ends Voter Fraud Commission
President Donald Trump has dissolved a commission intended to investigate voter fraud after a massive data request by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach led to a backlash from state officials across the political spectrum.
January 04, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Official Sanctuary State ... Felons, Illegals and MS13 Welcome ... Democrats Need The Votes!
Sign illegally posted below an official "Welcome to California" highway sign. It has since been removed. On Jan. 1, a new state law took effect that, among other things, bans jails from detaining undocumented immigrants solely at the request of federal immigration authorities.
January 03, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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Coal mine workers who died on the job last year -- up from nine the year before, which was a record low.
January 03, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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First African-American Appointed to Oregon Supreme Court
Governor Kate Brown appointed Adrienne Nelson to the Oregon Supreme Court on Tuesday, marking the first time an African American has served on the high court in the state's 158-year history.
January 03, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Nashville Requires More Transparency in Business Incentive Deals
Companies will have to disclose additional details about their economic development plans and other information in order to receive city incentives in Nashville following action by the Metro Council on Tuesday.
January 03, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Can Housing Help Prevent Infant Mortality? Ohio Will Find Out.
A central Ohio coalition that seeks to reduce the region's high infant-mortality rate has received a grant of about $991,000 to help 50 pregnant women in extremely low-income areas find and pay for housing.
January 03, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Pharmacists Can Dispense Life-Saving Overdose Drugs, But Do They?
Gale Dunham, a pharmacist in Calistoga, Calif., knows the devastation the opioid epidemic has wrought, and she is glad the anti-overdose drug naloxone is becoming more accessible.
January 03, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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