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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
5.2%
Increase in state spending from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2017, which is more than double last year's growth rate. The states collectively spent nearly $2 trillion.
November 16, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Judge Restricts How St. Louis Police Can Respond to Protesters
A federal judge issued on Wednesday wide-ranging restrictions on the ability of St. Louis police to declare protests "unlawful" and use chemical agents against protesters.
November 16, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Washington State's New Immigrants-in-Court Rule May Be a First in U.S.
After carpenter Alex Salas slipped from a ladder on a construction site about 15 years ago, suffering 10 fractures, he sued the site's scaffolding subcontractor because the ladder did not meet code requirements.
November 16, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Amid Opioid Crisis, Phoenix Votes to Take Rx Drugmakers to Court
Phoenix will join several other cities, such as Chicago and Indianapolis, in taking massive drug companies to court over the national opioid-addiction crisis.
November 16, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Martin O'Malley's New PAC Aims to Help Down-Ballot Democrats
Martin O’Malley, the former Maryland governor and 2016 presidential candidate, is launching a new political organization Thursday to help Democratic candidates across the country, in a move that may represent another step toward a 2020 presidential run.
November 16, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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29 'Sanctuary Cities' Get a Letter With Demands From Sessions
The Department of Justice sent letters to 29 so-called sanctuary cities on Wednesday, demanding officials show they are cooperating with immigration enforcement laws by Dec. 8. The targets include Washington, D.C., several cities or counties in California, major state capitals like Denver, and entire states.
November 16, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Candy HQ Competition, New Jersey Offers a Sweet Tax Deal
Chicago could land the new U.S. headquarters for Mars Wrigley Confectionery, but Newark, N.J. might have the sweeter offer after officials in that state approved more than $30 million in tax credits Tuesday.
November 16, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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For Millions of Insured Americans, State Health Laws Don’t Apply
Let’s say you have health insurance through your employer and live in one of 21 states with laws protecting consumers against surprise medical bills from out-of-network providers.
November 16, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Top Republican Governors Talk Roy Moore and Elections, and Get a Visit From Pence
Vice President Mike Pence, the calm amid the storm that is the Trump administration, came to Austin on Wednesday to lay out for his party's record-tying number of Republican governors what the GOP message will be in 2018 stripped of tweets and tumult and the outsized personality of the man -- his boss -- who dominates American politics virtually every waking hour of every day.
November 16, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
She kept saying she's an assistant DA and said, 'Who are they going to believe, you or me?'
An Uber driver, referring to Jody Warner, who was fired from her job in the Dallas County District Attorney's Office after insulting and allegedly assaulting him. He eventually started recording her outburst.
November 15, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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