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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.

News in Numbers
51st state
While many think it might be the District of Columbia or Puerto Rico, there's also a push to make it Chicago. Eight Illinois lawmakers, all Republicans, have cosigned a statehood resolution.
May 14, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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1,000%
Amount by which Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc is accused of inflating some drug prices. More than 40 state attorneys general are suing the drug company.
May 13, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I find it interesting that a state that allows you to walk around with a gun on your hip worries about nunchucks being a problem.
Shawn Sample, a karate instructor, after Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill to remove nunchucks from the list of weapons prohibited in public.
May 13, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Governors might have the best chance of winning [the presidency] in November but not be able to make it past Super Tuesday.
Thad Kousser, a political scientist who says the current and former governors running for president will be hurt in the primary by their moderate politics and policies. Two governors have already entered the 2020 race -- Jay Inslee of Washington and John Hickenlooper of Colorado -- and Montana's Steve Bullock is expected to join this week.
May 10, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
15
States where at least one legislative chamber has passed a resolution that declares pornography consumption a public health crisis. The Republican Party made the issue part of its national platform in 2016.
May 10, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$32 billion
Loss in gross domestic product that Texas could suffer in a three-month span from increased wait times at the state's ports of entry. In March, the Trump administration ordered hundreds of customs officers to instead help the U.S. Border Patrol, potentially slowing down trade with Mexico.
May 09, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Denver's becoming the illicit drug capital of the world.
Jeff Hunt, director of the Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian University, a critic of Initiative 301, which voters passed this week to make Denver the first U.S. city to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms.
May 09, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
53%
Voting-age population that cast a ballot in the 2018 midterms, which is a 12-point increase from the 2014 midterms.
May 08, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
The societal damage of pornography is beyond the capability of the individual to address alone; ... the Members of the Legislature denounce pornography as a public health crisis.
Text of a bill approved by Arizona lawmakers. Similar legislation has passed in 10 other states.
May 08, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$1,100
What the U.S. spends, per person, on prescription drugs. Canada, by comparison, spends only $669. To lower costs, some states, cities and counties are importing drugs from Canada.
May 07, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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