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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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California Sues Trump Administration, This Time Over Oil Industry Rules
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra sued the Trump administration Tuesday for suspending regulations meant to curb emissions of the greenhouse gas methane, the latest front in the state's battle with Washington over climate-change rules for the oil and natural gas industries.
December 21, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Sexual Harassment Training Required and Modernized for D.C. Employees
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) is mandating training to combat sexual harassment for 30,000 city employees to be completed by February 2018.
December 21, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After Pressure Over Harassment Mounts, Candidate for Florida Governor Resigns From Statehouse
Jack Latvala, a powerful member of the Florida Senate and Republican candidate for governor, resigned Wednesday after two reports said he sexually harassed and made demeaning and vulgar comments to female staffers and lobbyists.
December 21, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Confederate Statues Come Down in Memphis to the Tune of 'Na, Na, Na, Na, Hey, Hey, Goodbye'
The city of Memphis sold two public parks containing Confederate monuments to a nonprofit Wednesday in a massive, months-in-the-planning operation to take the statues down overnight.
December 21, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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And the Fastest-Growing State Is ... Idaho
Idaho's population increased enough in the past year to earn us the title of nation's fastest-growing state, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
December 21, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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That Single-Vote Victory in Key Virginia Race? Court Rules It a Tie Instead.
The first 50-50 power balance in 17 years for Virginia's House of Delegates rested on a single vote, from a recount, for less than 24 hours. Now it could literally come down to drawing straws.
December 21, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Atlanta Finally Has New Mayor After Norwood Concedes Defeat
Mary Norwood has conceded the Atlanta mayor's race to fellow City Councilwoman Keisha Lance Bottoms.
December 21, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Children's Health Insurance Deal Not Happening Til 2018, Key GOP Senators Say
With prospects for reauthorizing the Children's Health Insurance Program this year rapidly dimming, 25 states are expected to exhaust their federal funding to provide coverage for 1.9 million low-income children by Jan. 31, researchers at Georgetown University reported Wednesday.
December 21, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
There is a fascinating change that happened after 2016, where people perked up and remembered there are such things as state legislative elections.
Nily Rozic, a Democratic state assembly member in New York.
December 20, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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Ballot that a three-judge panel on Wednesday ruled must be counted in the recount of votes for the Virginia House. The inclusion of that ballot means the race is now tied and will soon be decided by what is essentially a coin toss. Control of the Virginia House is at stake.
December 20, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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