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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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Wildfires Close Hundreds of Schools and Prompt 100,000 Evacuations, Even in the Heart of Los Angeles
The magnitude of the wildfire siege in parts of Southern California continued to worsen Wednesday, with more than 100,000 people forced from their homes and authorities warning of the return of dangerous winds on Thursday.
December 07, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kim Davis Refused Him a Marriage License. Now He's Running for Her Job.
David Ermold, one of the men denied a same-sex marriage license by Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis in 2015, hopes to challenge her for the clerk's seat next year, he announced Wednesday.
December 07, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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West Coast Drives First Rise in Homelessness Since Recession
Homelessness has shot up in California and elsewhere on the West Coast over the past two years, a federal report said Wednesday, as rising rents and other housing pressures forced more people from the margins onto the street.
December 07, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Lawyers like things to be settled. In the cannabis industry, there really is no yes or no answer.
Attorney Chris Davis, executive director of the National Cannabis Bar Association
December 06, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
9 out of 30
Portion of the poorest counties in the U.S. that are in Eastern Kentucky, which has been hit hard by the coal industry's decline. In general, the South had the largest rate (41 percent) of people living in poverty last year.
December 06, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
A young black woman taking notes during a meeting.
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Some Cities Are Getting Millennials' Aid for Free
The David Bohnett Foundation is funding a pipeline -- albeit, small -- of young people who want to work in local government.
December 06, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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On Food Stamps, Feds Signal Intent to Give States More Control
USDA signaled on Tuesday plans to give states greater flexibility over how they administer food stamps, potentially opening the door to stricter work requirements or drug testing on recipients.
December 06, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Bernie-Backed Candidate Releases Single-Payer Health Plan for Maryland
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous released a plan Wednesday calling on Maryland to take the plunge and create a universal health care system without waiting for the the federal government to take the lead.
December 06, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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'I'm a Heterosexual': Pennsylvania Lawmaker Complains About Male Colleague Touching His Arm
State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe told a Democratic male colleague to stop touching his arm Tuesday during a House committee meeting because he's heterosexual, and then urged the Democrat to look to people in his own party if he wanted to touch men.
December 06, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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13 States Take Their Egg Case to the Supreme Court
Iowa and 12 other states have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a California law that restricts eggs sold in that state to come from hens that have room to extend their limbs.
December 06, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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