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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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Pennsylvania Finalizes How It Will Fund Stalled Budget
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf on Monday signed a set of bills to provide $2.3 billion in new revenue for the state and end a four-month impasse with lawmakers over how to pay for the state’s fiscal 2018 budget.
November 01, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Displaced Puerto Rican Teachers Face Hurdles on Mainland
With many teachers among the thousands of residents fleeing Puerto Rico for the mainland after Hurricane Maria, school districts in Florida, Texas and New York say they are working to streamline the certification process in the hopes of adding Puerto Rican teachers to their classrooms. But for many of the teachers, the effort has hardly meant a quick ticket to employment.
November 01, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Obama Will Serve Jury Duty This Month
Former President Barack Obama has been called for Cook County jury duty -- and plans to serve next month, the county's chief judge said Friday.
November 01, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Obamacare Could Actually End Up Being Free in 1,500 Counties
In an odd twist, low-income people in about half of U.S. counties will now be able to get a taxpayer-subsidized “Obamacare” policy for free, according to a new study that suggests some actions by President Donald Trump against the health law could backfire.
November 01, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In New Poll, Race for Virginia Governor Is Tightening
One week from Election Day, Democrat Ralph Northam’s lead has narrowed to five percentage points in the Virginia governor’s race, with Republican Ed Gillespie closing a motivation gap and consolidating support among conservatives and supporters of President Trump, a new Washington Post-Schar School poll finds.
November 01, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Deadly Truck Rampage Considered an 'Act of Terror' in New York City
Investigators worked overnight to find out what led a lone-wolf terrorist to drive a rented pickup truck Tuesday and careen down a bike path next to the Hudson River, killing eight people, six of them foreign tourists, officials said.
November 01, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$10,000
Amount the city of Boston will start paying landlords who rent to homeless people using housing vouchers. The money is meant to cover unpaid back rent or property damages caused by the tenant. Similar programs exist in almost 10 other jurisdictions across the country.
October 30, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Murphy doesn’t want to block the bridge. He wants a bigger, stronger, wider bridge.
Former President Bill Clinton, talking about Phil Murphy, the Democratic candidate for New Jersey governor and referencing GOP Gov. Chris Christie's "Bridgegate" scandal in which several of the governor's allies created a traffic jam as a means of political retribution.
October 30, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Bikers for Trump Rallies for Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Gillespie -- Without Gillespie
One of President Trump’s most fervent fans hopped onto his Harley in South Carolina and roared all the way to Virginia Beach, where he led a “Bikers for Trump” rally Sunday for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie.
October 30, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Scandal Brings Down the DA in Long Island
Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota announced Thursday he will leave office as a result of his indictment on federal obstruction of justice charges.
October 30, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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