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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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Bring it, Bible Bullies! You are bigots, sexists, and misogynists and I see right through your fake morals and your broken values.
Tweet from Pennsylvania Democratic state Rep. Brian Sims, in response to criticism after he uploaded a video of him berating an anti-abortion protester outside a Planned Parenthood. "Shame on you," he told the protester. "What you're doing here is disgusting. This is wrong. You have no business being out here."
May 07, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Georgia Governor Signs 'Heartbeat' Abortion Ban Meant to Challenge Roe v. Wade
Gov. Brian Kemp signed one of the strictest abortion laws in the country Tuesday, setting Georgia up for what is likely to be a lengthy _ and costly _ court battle.
May 07, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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You are not welcome to visit our homelands.
Julian Bear Runner, president of the Oglala Sioux tribe, in a letter to South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem. The Republican signed bills that allegedly target Keystone XL pipeline protesters.
May 06, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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States that collected more income tax revenue last year than they did before the 2008 recession, even when inflation is taken into account. Federal tax reform and the economy both offered a boost.
May 06, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Minnesota Erases Its Marital Rape Exemption
Minnesota has long allowed people who rape their partner to escape penalties if they meet certain conditions, a law Gov. Tim Walz called "antiquated and shameful" before repealing it Thursday.
May 03, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Partisan Gerrymandering Ruling Boosts Democrats' 2020 Hopes for Ohio
A federal three-judge panel has struck down Ohio's congressional district map as a partisan gerrymander, giving Democrats hope of making inroads in a state where they failed to pick off any seats last fall.
May 03, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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I can assure you, their technology will never replace the Washington state legislature.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, after signing a bill to allow autonomous robots to deliver packages. One of the robots brought the bill to Inslee, a 2020 candidate for president. You may see the robots on sidewalks in seven other states.
May 03, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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$37 million
Settlement that drug distributor McKesson Corp. has agreed to pay West Virginia for its role in the opioid epidemic. A month earlier, Purdue Pharma settled a similar lawsuit with Oklahoma for $270 million.
May 03, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Baltimore Mayor Resigns Amid Book Scandal
Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh resigned Thursday, apologizing for the harm she has caused to the city’s image and the mayor’s office amid a growing scandal over her sales of a self-published book series.
May 02, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Measure by which a Medicaid expansion vote failed in the Kansas Senate this week. Kansas is one of the 14 states that has not made more low-income people eligible for the government's low-cost health care.
May 02, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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