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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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New York Joins List of States Extending Obamacare Enrollment Period
New York will extend its open enrollment period for ObamaCare plans, citing concerns about an earlier deadline set by the federal government.
September 11, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Irma Ravages Florida, Leaving Millions Without Power, and Heads North
In a calamitous northward sweep from the Everglades to the Florida Panhandle, a weakening but still monstrously powerful Hurricane Irma battered a string of cities on the state's palm-fringed west coast Sunday before advancing toward Georgia and the Carolinas.
September 11, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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'The Aftermath of the Aftermath': Hurricanes Stretch Safety Net and Providers
History suggests that social services will be in high demand for months. Are caseworkers in Texas and Florida prepared?
September 10, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
You won't see me in Miami again.
Marta Di Franco, a tourist from Argentina who had her vacation ended short by the threat of Hurricane Irma. She waited at a bus stop last week for two hours for a county vehicle to pick her up and take her to a shelter.
September 08, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Paper Ballots May Make a Comeback in Georgia
The thin, long piece of paper slides slowly out the voting machine, the internal mechanism guiding it making a sound similar to a copying machine.
September 08, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Wildfires Burn Through Montana's Budget to Battle Them
While Houston and part of Texas is overflowing with water and flooding, hundreds of thousands of acres in western Montana are engulfed by wildfires.
September 08, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Doctor-Assisted Suicide Not a Constitutional Right, Rules New York's Top Court
Terminally ill people do not have a state constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide, New York's highest court ruled Thursday.
September 08, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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Price of lunch for students in New York City public schools. Starting this year, every student will qualify for free meals in an attempt to reduce the stigma associated with poverty.
September 08, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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'Not Leaving the Island': Mandatory Evacuation Orders Mean Nothing to Some
A golden sunrise ushered in a picturesque bright day Thursday, making conditions ideal for a dip in the ocean. But the sands of South Beach were eerily bare.
September 08, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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As Illinois Borrows $6 Billion for Unpaid Bills, Spending Cuts Loom
Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner announced plans Thursday to borrow $6 billion to work on paying down Illinois' massive backlog of unpaid bills, but he warned that he'll try to trim state spending in order to pay for the new debt costs.
September 08, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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