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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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'Sanctuary Businesses'? Tough-Talking States Give Employers a Pass on Illegal Immigration
As part of its tough stance against illegal immigration, Texas has been one of the few states requiring state agencies to use a federal system known as E-Verify to check job applicants.
September 12, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kentucky Governor Asks Most State Agencies to Cut Budgets by 17.4%
The Bevin administration asked constitutional officers and cabinet secretaries Friday to cut spending in most state agencies by 17.4 percent this fiscal year to address an expected $200 million budget shortfall.
September 12, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Chicago Argues Its Case Against Trump's 'Sanctuary Cities' Policy in Court
The Donald Trump administration's rules requiring cities to cooperate with immigration agents in order to get a public safety grant could lead to other strings on federal money tied to administration priorities, a city attorney argued Monday in the court fight between Mayor Rahm Emanuel and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
September 12, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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4 More States Sue Trump Over DACA Decision
Continuing its role as a leading counter-force to Trump administration policies, California filed a lawsuit Monday challenging as unconstitutional the president's plan to rescind a program that protects young immigrants from deportation, with officials warning the state will be hardest hit by the change.
September 12, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Alaska Agrees to Join National Emergency Communications Network
A massive telecom project intended to connect emergency workers and law enforcement across every state and territory on a unified broadband system is coming to Alaska.
September 11, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
7.3 million
Homes and businesses -- most of which are in Florida -- that lost power due to Hurricane Irma, as of Monday afternoon. "We’ve never had that many outages, and I don’t think any utility in the country ever has," said the chief executive of Florida's biggest electric company. Utilities said it could be weeks before power is fully restored.
September 11, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
We used to come down here when I was a kid for the hurricanes. My parents would bring a generator and hook it up. And we would listen to the rain and wind. Hurricanes are part of living on the coast. I’m not leaving.
George Brown, a commercial real estate broker who owns an oceanfront RV park in Port Aransas, Texas, that was largely destroyed by Hurricane Harvey. Nevertheless, he vows to rebuild there.
September 11, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Post-Harvey, Extent of Water Contamination Largely Unknown
When Houston-based epidemiologist Winifred Hamilton spent a few days in the field last week collecting samples of the abundant floodwater Tropical Storm Harvey had left in its wake, she was able to practice the health safety advice she had urged her fellow Houstonians to follow.
September 11, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Amnesty Helping States Score Online Sales Taxes
More than half the states with sales taxes are using a temporary amnesty program to corral scofflaw online businesses into their tax systems, just in time to reap sales taxes from the upcoming holiday shopping season.
September 11, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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As Congress Debates Health Care, Study Finds Relationship Between Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance
Efforts by Republican lawmakers to scale back Medicaid enrollment could undercut an aspect of the program that has widespread bipartisan appeal — covering more children, research published Tuesday in the journal Health Affairs suggests.
September 11, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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