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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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Pence to Campaign for Republican in Virginia Governor's Race
Vice President Mike Pence will head to Virginia this week to campaign for Republican gubernatorial nominee Ed Gillespie.
October 09, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Unsealed Documents Show Voting Changes Sought by Head of Trump's Voter Commission
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach urged President Donald Trump to pursue changes to federal voting law to promote proof-of-citizenship requirements, according to documents unsealed Thursday by a federal judge.
October 06, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$465 million
Settlement the pharmaceutical company that makes EpiPen has agreed to pay the federal government, 49 states and the District of Columbia. The company was accused of underpaying rebates to Medicaid and Medicare.
October 06, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
It's still disappointing that the city trusts men and boys to decide when their nipples should be visible in public, but does not have the same respect for women and girls.
Tony Rothert, legal director of the ACLU of Missouri, which is deciding whether to appeal a recent ruling that Springfield's ordinance allowing men, but not women, to show their nipples in public does not violate the Equal Protection Clause, which requires men and women to be treated as equals.
October 06, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Columbus Day? In More Than 50 Cities, It's Indigenous Peoples Day.
What started as a fringe movement has gained steam in recent years.
October 06, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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A 3rd State Sues Student Loan Servicer Navient
The Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office filed suit Thursday against Navient, the largest U.S. student-loan servicer, alleging widespread abuses and deceptive acts involving its administration of student loans.
October 06, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Phoenix Mayor to Resign With Sights Set on U.S. House
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton will soon leave his post as the leader of the nation's fifth-largest city to run for Congress.
October 06, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Why Nebraska Wants Trump to Strike a Trade Deal With Japan
Gov. Pete Ricketts on Wednesday urged the Trump administration to negotiate a bilateral trade agreement with Japan following news that U.S. frozen beef exports to Japan have declined by 26 percent.
October 06, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Judge Rules in Favor of Groups Trying to Keep Charlottesville's Confederate Statue
A judge in Charlottesville ruled Wednesday that a state law protecting war memorials could apply retroactively to the city's statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, according to the Richmond Times Dispatch.
October 06, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Criminal Justice Reforms Mark 'a Turning Point' for Rhode Island
State lawmakers, public defenders, corrections officials, community activists and police came together with Governor Gina Raimondo on Thursday to hail a series of new laws as the most historic changes to the criminal justice system in Rhode Island to arise in decades.
October 06, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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