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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.

Debbie Walsh speaking at an event.
Will 2018 Really Be a Big Year for Women in Politics? An Expert Weighs In.
Debbie Walsh says the wave of women elected this year is a sign of bigger things to come.
December 11, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Union Workers on Strike in Oakland
Negotiators for Oakland's largest union and the city will head back to the bargaining table Monday, but the strike that's shut down major services for the past week will continue.
December 11, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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While Trump Spoke Inside Civil Rights Museum Opening, Protesters Gathered Outside
Protesters greeted President Donald Trump in the Mississippi capital Saturday as he came to speak at the opening of a civil rights museum.
December 11, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Body Cameras Show Cop Fatally Shoot an Unarmed Man Crawling on the Floor. The Officer Was Acquitted.
The man knelt in the hotel hallway and pleaded with the officers: "Please do not shoot me."
December 11, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Promising Zero-Tolerance Policies, Idaho Lawmaker Joins Governor's Race
Idaho state Rep. Paulette Jordan announced Thursday that she's running for governor in 2018, with the goal of helping Idaho become "the state it's destined to become."
December 11, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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GOP Venture Capitalist Makes His Case for California Governor (and a Ballot Measure)
Republican venture capitalist John Cox called for an end to one-party domination of state politics and a smaller government as he made his pitch to be California's next governor Thursday at a Public Policy Institute of California speaker series.
December 11, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Governor Calls Wildfires 'the New Normal'
Gov. Jerry Brown surveyed the devastation Saturday in Ventura -- the area hardest hit by firestorms that have displaced nearly 90,000 people in Southern California -- calling it "the new normal."
December 11, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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21 GOP Governors Urge Congress to Pass Tax Bill. What About the Other 13?
With Congress closing in on a final tax cut bill, 21 Republican governors from across the country sent a letter Thursday to House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) asking them to finish the job.
December 11, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Importing Prescription Drugs Is Illegal. Some Cities, Counties and Schools Are Doing It Anyway.
Schenectady County, N.Y., is on track to pay 20 percent less on prescription drugs for its employees this year than in 2003.
December 08, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Too Much Data? Illinois Abandons System Meant to Predict Child Abuse
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is ending a high-profile program that used computer data mining to identify children at risk for serious injury or death after the agency's top official called the technology unreliable.
December 08, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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