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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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Trump's Opioid Commission Makes 56 Recommendations But Puts No Price Tag on Them
President Trump’s bipartisan commission on the opioid crisis made dozens of final recommendations on Wednesday to combat a deadly addiction epidemic, ranging from creating more drug courts to vastly expanding access to medications that treat addiction, including in jails.
November 02, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Outside Firm Hired to Represent Georgia in Voting Machine Case
Former Gov. Roy Barnes' law firm will represent Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp in a lawsuit that a national election transparency advocacy group filed to force the state to overhaul its election system.
November 02, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Virginia Tests a Likely 2018 Strategy: Racially Fraught Appeals to Voters
Virginia has been swamped by fearful images as Tuesday's state election nears: heavily tattooed and handcuffed Latinos staring balefully at the television camera, a mug shot of a convicted pedophile set loose on the state.
November 02, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Residency Scandal Brings Down 3rd Florida Lawmaker in 6 Months
Embroiled in a criminal case over her legal residency, state Rep. Daisy Baez resigned from the Florida Legislature on Wednesday, the first step in a deal with prosecutors that will also require her to plead guilty to perjury.
November 02, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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With No One to Staff It, a Jail Closes in Montana
The only jail in Mineral County is closed for business.
November 02, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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Prisoners released early on Wednesday in Louisiana because of a new state law that lets some nonviolent offenders with good behavior shave time off their sentences. The change is expected to drop the prison population by 10 percent and save $264 million over a decade.
November 01, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
These n‑‑‑‑‑s are like ISIS, they have no value. They should line them all up and mow ’em down. I’d like to be on the firing squad.
Alleged comments from Frank Nucera Jr., who was police chief of Bordentown Township, N.J., at the time. On Monday, he was arrested for federal hate crime and civil rights charges.
November 01, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Victim Rights Advocate Says Her Sexual Harassment Complaint About a Lawmaker Went Nowhere in Illinois Capitol
A victims' rights advocate on Tuesday publicly accused a state senator of sexual harassment and said her complaint fell on deaf ears at the Capitol for nearly a year.
November 01, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ex-Pennsylvania Treasurer Sentenced to Probation for Lying
Former State Treasurer Barbara Hafer was sentenced Tuesday to 36 months of probation for lying to the FBI during a long-running federal pay-to-play investigation of Pennsylvania government.
November 01, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Amid Opioid Epidemic, Alaska and New Jersey Join Growing List of States Suing Drugmakers
Purdue Pharma was sued this week by New Jersey and Alaska for alleged deceptive marketing, which the plaintiffs said targeted vulnerable groups like senior citizens and directly contributed to the epidemic levels of opioid abuse.
November 01, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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