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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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The number of doctors in California 247 who have had their medical school debt paid off under a new state program aimed at addressing a medical provider shortage. Recipients must agree to see Medicaid patients for 30 percent of their caseloads for five years.
August 15, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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The fine for killing a wild turkey in Missouri, under a new state anti-poaching measure that also covers black bears, elk and deer.
August 14, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I’ve been a Governing reader for 15 years. I have that delivered to my desk and I actually do read it.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, to Governing Staff Writer Alan Greenblatt at the National Governors Association’s summer meeting in Salt Lake City. Her comment came after he told her that another governor greeted him by saying, “You wrote a good article. Or my staff said you did.”
August 14, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
We’ve got to stand in line for a natural resource that should be free for everybody. We can’t drink it, we can’t wash in it and we still got to pay for it.
Sandra, a 66-year-old resident of Newark, N.J., where residents are lining up this week for bottled water because new samples show filters at two of three tested homes weren’t removing lead from the water as expected.
August 13, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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ICE protesters arrested on Saturday after closing a major highway in New York City. They were rallying for an end to the federal immigration enforcement agency.
August 13, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I believe if you see lights and sirens in the future, it’s only because we have something we truly can’t deal with.
Kevin McGinnis of the National Association of State EMS Officials, on how community paramedicine will impact emergency services.
August 12, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
12 weeks
Paid family and medical leave guaranteed under a new Oregon law that also makes it the first state in the nation to offer low-income workers 100 percent wage replacement benefits.
August 12, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Are States Taking Cybersecurity Seriously Enough?
Only one has a cabinet-level official dedicated to the issue.
August 07, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
It was a rope connected to his handcuffs -- effectively a leash. Even the terrorist who killed 22 people in El Paso was escorted to the police car humanely.
Radio host and activist Egberto Willies referring to a photo of a black man in between two horse-mounted police in Galveston, Texas. The photo sparked outrage and a change in the department's policy.
August 07, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
If Sandy Hook wasn't enough for us, nothing is going to be enough.
Amelia O'Dowd, who lives two blocks from where the mass shooting occurred this past weekend in Dayton, Ohio.
August 07, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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