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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.

Who Said That
I think in a perfect scenario, our wedding gift to them would be a bipartisan budget.
Connecticut House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, referring to the two lawmakers in the state -- one a Democrat and one a Republican -- who are getting married.
October 13, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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Doctors in Louisiana who have applied to dispense medical marijuana.
October 13, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Governor Signs 9 Bills to Improve Women and Children's Lives
California will extend workplace protections to 2.7 million more people who now will be able to take 12 weeks of parental leave without fear of losing their job.
October 13, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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DOJ Gives 5 Cities 'Last Chance' to Prove They Aren't Immigrant 'Sanctuaries'
The U.S. Justice Department is taking fresh aim at a New Orleans Police Department policy limiting inquiries into residents' immigration status, the latest salvo in a running war on so-called "sanctuary cities" by President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
October 13, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas Executes Man Who Claimed Innocence Til His Death
Robert Pruett was executed in Huntsville Thursday night, completing the death sentence he received more than 15 years ago in the 1999 murder of prison guard Daniel Nagle.
October 13, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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5 States Get a Little Money to Keep CHIP Running
While Congress has failed to restore funding to the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the Trump administration has made $230 million in excess funds from previous years available to five states and four U.S. territories that were in danger of running out of money the soonest.
October 13, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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For His Puerto Rico Response, Missouri State Senator Compares Trump to Hitler
A state senator from University City caught criticism on Thursday for the second time since August after she posted another controversial social media message regarding President Donald Trump.
October 13, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Houston Let Developers Build Homes Inside Reservoirs. But No One Warned Buyers.
When Jeremy Boutor moved to a master-planned community in Houston’s booming energy corridor, he saw it as idyllic.
October 13, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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What's in Trump’s Health-Care Executive Order?
The Trump administration Thursday advanced a wide-ranging executive order aimed at expanding lower-cost insurance options, allowing employers to give workers money to buy their own coverage and slowing consolidation in the insurance and hospital industries.
October 13, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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State Backlash Grows Against Trump's Birth Control Rollback
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro on Wednesday became the latest to sue the Trump administration over its move to roll back the Affordable Care Act's birth control coverage mandate.
October 13, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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