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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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After Battling Conservatives in Own Party, Texas House Speaker Won't Seek Re-Election
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus will not seek re-election, the San Antonio Republican confirmed Wednesday.
October 25, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Once Hailed as a Criminal Justice Reformer, Ex-Philadelphia DA Gets Max Prison Sentence for Corruption
If the ethics fines, the personal scandals, the bribery trial, and his abrupt resignation in disgrace this summer were not enough, the public dressing down that Seth Williams received from the federal judge who sentenced him Tuesday to five years in prison surely cemented 2017 as the worst year of the former Philadelphia district attorney's life.
October 25, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Puerto Rico Reopens 119 Schools, But What About the Other 1,000?
If it weren't for the tangled clump of power lines on a nearby corner and the partially unhinged stop sign down the street, Tuesday might have seemed like the first day of a normal school year at Julio Sellés Solá School in San Juan's Río Piedras neighborhood.
October 25, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump Tells Congress to Fix Taxes, Not Obamacare
President Donald Trump on Tuesday steered Senate Republicans toward tax reform and away from health care, pushing off any deal to fund controversial Obamacare subsidies to the end of the year at best.
October 25, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump Administration Loses First Major Abortion Battle in Court
In the first major legal battle over abortion under President Donald Trump, the federal appeals court in Washington on Tuesday set aside an anti-abortion rule adopted by the administration and cleared the way for a 17-year-old immigrant to end her pregnancy.
October 25, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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'I Told You I'd Be Back!': Mayor Wants Rematch With Rhode Island Governor
Cranston Republican Mayor Allan Fung launched his second run for governor of Rhode Island on Tuesday, armed for battle against Democrat incumbent Gina Raimondo.
October 25, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Maryland Joins the Pro-Israel Trend in State Government
Gov. Larry Hogan signed an executive order Monday that requires all firms with state contracts to promise they will not boycott Israel.
October 24, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Say Goodbye to Transit Cards in New York City
The MTA has taken a major step in retiring the MetroCard, beginning a six-year process to replace it with a tap-based system that will allow commuters to use a variety of payment methods, including smartphones, digital wallets or proprietary cards to pay for their rides.
October 24, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Sexual Harassment in California's Capitol? Outside Investigators Are on It Now.
In response to a letter about sexual harassment that has been reverberating through the Capitol, California Senate Leader Kevin de León -- also a candidate for U.S. Senate -- announced Monday that his house will hire an independent firm to investigate allegations of sexual harassment, rather than handling such complaints internally.
October 24, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Hoosiers love you Mike Madigan. Cheeseheads love you Madigan. Big fans here in Missouri.
Republican governors of Indiana, Wisconsin and Missouri, in a new ad that thanks Mike Madigan, the Democratic speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, for raising taxes and blocking his GOP governor's agenda. The result, the governors in the video claim, is more jobs being created in Illinois' neighboring states.
October 24, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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