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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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Why Vermont's Asking Taxpayers to Recount Their 3-Year Shopping History
The Vermont Department of Taxes has a bit of an awkward question for you.
September 08, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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To Cut Pension Costs, Missouri Offers Retirees Option to Cash Out
Letters are being sent to more than 17,000 former Missouri state employees asking if they want to cash in early on their pensions.
September 08, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kentucky Could Become First State With No Abortion Clinic
In the 37 years that Dr. Ernest Marshall has been performing abortions in Kentucky, he has seen more than a dozen clinics close in the state. He is now facing off against the governor in a legal fight that will decide whether Kentucky becomes the first state in the nation without an abortion clinic.
September 08, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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DeVos Launches Review of Obama-Era Campus Sexual Assault Rules
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced a formal review Thursday of Obama-era guidelines that spurred universities to more aggressively investigate campus sexual assaults -- a policy she criticized as unfair and coercive.
September 08, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Free Lunch for Everyone! (If You're a Public School Student in NYC)
Thursday marked the first day of school for New York City's 1.1 million public school students -- and the start of free preschool and free lunch for any pupil who wants, no questions asked.
September 08, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Obamacare Hearing, Governors Press Congress for Something They May Not Deliver
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) has a problem — and not much time to solve it.
September 08, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Anthropologists have determined that the first human laugh occurred on these coordinates.
A joke from Sam Teresi, the mayor of Jamestown, N.Y., where the state is investing millions of dollars to make the birthplace of comedian Lucille Ball a national destination for comedy lovers.
September 07, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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States suing President Trump over his decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which offered deportation protection to immigrants brought to this country illegally as children.
September 07, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Wife of Texas AG, Angela Paxton, Launches State Senate Campaign
Angela Paxton, the wife of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, has officially launched a campaign for Texas Senate.
September 07, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Hurricane Irma: South Florida Prepares for the Worst
Mandatory evacuations of vast swaths of coastal South Florida began Wednesday as anxious residents continued to watch and wait -- and watch, and wait -- for the massive storm to roll closer.
September 07, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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