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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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Why the Israel-Palestinian Conflict Is Being Debated in U.S. Statehouses
The front lines in a bitter debate between Israel’s defenders and critics now lie in an unexpected place: state capitals across America.
May 01, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Just because something is legal, doesn't mean it's right or it's moral.
Don Gathers, former chair of Charlottesville, Va.'s Blue Ribbon Commission on Race, Memorials and Public Spaces, after a judge ruled that the city needs the state's permission to remove its Confederate monuments. In 2017, the monuments were a source of conflict at a white supremacist rally that left one counterprotester dead.
May 01, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
4 months
Time that a Mississippi prison has been on lockdown due to a shortage of corrections officers. Most of the inmates are locked in their cells for 23 hours a day and not allowed visitors.
May 01, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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No. 1 in Foreclosures, New Jersey Passes Sweeping Changes
Gov. Phil Murphy took aim at New Jersey's dubious distinction as first in the nation in foreclosures Monday when he signed into law a package of bills intended to help remove the state from the crisis' grip.
April 30, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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That Makes 23 States: Pennsylvania Joins U.S. Climate Alliance
Pennsylvania is now the 23rd state to sign on with the U.S. Climate Alliance, as Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday announced the release of the new Pennsylvania Climate Action Plan.
April 30, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Court: Minnesota Had No Right to Rename Lake Calhoun to Bde Maka Ska
Lake Calhoun is back on the map.
April 30, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Passes Texas House But Faces Opposition in Senate
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick declares marijuana bill 'dead in the Texas Senate'
April 30, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
10 years
Lifetime limit a potential ballot measure would impose on serving in the Arkansas Legislature. If passed, the state would have the strictest term limits in the country. A competing ballot initiative would instead set a 12-year limit but allow lawmakers to run again after a four-year break.
April 30, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I'm going to tell the truth. If that makes you mad, I'm sorry. I don't care who you are, a government agency or an activist in Flint.
Marc Edwards, the Virginia Tech professor who helped expose the Flint water crisis and now says activists and scientists are exaggerating the danger of the city's current water supply. He has filed lawsuits and public records requests to make his case.
April 30, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Election Arizona
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Texas Agrees to End Flawed Investigation of Voters' Citizenship
Texas Secretary of State David Whitley has agreed to halt an investigation into the citizenship status of registered voters in a settlement agreement that will end three lawsuits filed by civil rights groups and naturalized citizens.
April 29, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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