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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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S&P Lowers Hartford's Bond Rating for the Second Time in 2 Weeks
In an ominous development, Standard & Poor's has knocked down Hartford's bond rating for the second time in two weeks, declaring that "a default, a distressed exchange, or redemption appears to be a virtual certainty.''
September 27, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
15 out of 25
Major metro areas with the highest black-white segregation that are in the Rust Belt.
September 27, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
After studying the Bible, I have wondered if black people even have souls.
What a juror told lawyers a few years after a trial that found a Georgia man guilty of murder and led to his death sentence. Lawyers used the juror's words to argue that the conviction was made with racial bias, and the U.S. Supreme Court halted his execution on Tuesday.
September 27, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas Governor Refuses Houston's Request to Use Rainy Day Fund for Harvey Recovery
Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday strongly rejected suggestions from Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and other city officials that they could avoid raising local property taxes to pay for damage from Hurricane Harvey if the state would immediately tap its reserve funds.
September 27, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump Abandons Idea That Private Sector Should Help Fund Infrastructure
President Trump told lawmakers Tuesday that he was abandoning a key element of his planned $1 trillion infrastructure package, complaining that certain partnerships between the private sector and federal government simply don’t work.
September 27, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Feds Backtrack on Whether Russia Targeted Wisconsin's Election System
The federal Department of Homeland Security reversed itself Tuesday and told Wisconsin officials that the Russian government had not tried to hack the state's voter registration system last year.
September 27, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Amid Racial Bias Claims, U.S. Supreme Court Halts Man's Execution in Georgia
The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for a black man scheduled to die on Tuesday in Georgia after his lawyers argued that his conviction was tainted by a juror with racist views.
September 27, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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GOP Gives Up on Obamacare Repeal Vote. Now What?
Members of Congress searched for a way forward on health care legislation Tuesday, but as they did, the wreckage of the latest Republican plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act continued to threaten to block the way for bipartisan progress.
September 27, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump-Backed Candidate Loses Alabama Senate Primary
Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, overcoming an incumbent with the strong backing of President Donald Trump and a major fundraising advantage.
September 27, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Medicaid Covers All That? It’s More Than Just Health Care for the Poor.
When high levels of lead were discovered in the public water system in Flint, Mich., in 2015, Medicaid stepped in to help thousands of children get tested for poisoning and receive care.
September 27, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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