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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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To Woo Amazon's New Headquarters, Nothing Is Too Strange
Business leaders in Tucson have tried to mail Amazon’s chief executive, Jeff Bezos, a 21-foot cactus. The largest conference room in the Tulsa, Okla., mayor’s office has been converted to a war room, with 50 volunteers poring over videos of Mr. Bezos.
September 27, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Corruption Conviction Overturned for Another New York Politician
A Manhattan federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned the corruption conviction of former Senate leader Dean Skelos, knocking down a second pillar of former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's clean-up Albany campaign on the same grounds it reversed former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver's conviction a few months ago.
September 26, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
This gives girls the privilege to grow up and make the decision that they want to get married.
Texas Democratic state Rep. Senfronia Thompson, referring to a bill she introduced that bans anyone under 16 from getting married and requires people under 18 to get a judge's consent. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed it into law in May. A dozen other states have enacted similar policies.
September 26, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$3 million a day
Money Florida lost by suspending tolls to help speed up evacuations and relief efforts for Hurricane Irma. It amounted to more than $45 million.
September 26, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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To Rebuild Houston and Prevent Another Harvey, Mayor Calls on State and Feds to Do More
Mayor Sylvester Turner said that a lack of immediate state funding for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts is forcing him to push for a property tax hike in this storm-battered city still reeling from the worst rainfall event in U.S. history.
September 26, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Why California Raised Tuition for the First Time in Nearly a Decade: Rising Pension Checks
As parents and students start writing checks for the first in-state tuition hike in seven years at the University of California, they hope the extra money will buy a better education.
September 26, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Oregon Governor Announces Her Re-Election Campaign
Gov. Kate Brown plans to seek reelection in 2018, her campaign said on Monday morning.
September 26, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Puerto Rico Governor Warns of a Humanitarian Crisis, Asks for Equal Treatment
Gov. Ricardo A. Rosselló of Puerto Rico said on Monday that the island was on the brink of a “humanitarian crisis” nearly a week after Hurricane Maria knocked out its power and most of its water, and left residents waiting in excruciating lines for fuel. He called on Congress to prevent a deepening disaster.
September 26, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump's New Travel Ban Prompts Supreme Court to Postpone Hearing
The Supreme Court's decision Monday to postpone arguments over the legality of President Donald Trump's travel ban is likely to send the controversy back to lower courts to consider his revised order, released Sunday.
September 26, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Violent Crime Up in 2016 But Still Near Historic Lows
Violent crime climbed in California and around the country in 2016, the second straight year of increases that have been driven by spikes in big cities like Chicago and have reversed longer-term trends toward safer cities and towns, the FBI reported Monday.
September 26, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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