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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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High School's Suspension of Praying Football Coach Backed by U.S. Court
A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a high school's refusal to allow a football coach to kneel and pray at midfield after every game, wearing school attire and in view of students and spectators.
August 24, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Cap and Trade Has a Good Week in California
A month after a bruising political battle to extend California's cap-and-trade program, the state received a big vote of confidence in the policy's future.
August 24, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Judge to Texas: Voter ID Law 2.0 Still Discriminates Against Minorities
A federal judge Wednesday tossed out the Texas voter ID law, saying changes recently adopted by the Legislature fell short of fixing a law that was drafted to intentionally discriminate against minority voters.
August 24, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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On Second Look, Judge Rules Racism Inspired Arizona's Ban on Mexican-American Studies
Racism was behind an Arizona ban on ethnic studies that shuttered a popular Mexican-American Studies program, a federal judge said Tuesday.
August 24, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
It’s amazing what I say, and what I do, and what I get away with. It’s amazing.
Joe Arpaio, the former anti-immigration sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz., in an interview for a 2014 documentary. In 2017, he was convicted of criminal contempt of court. President Trump, however, has hinted that he will pardon Arpaio, who faces six months of jail time.
August 23, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
1.4%
Vermonters who voted in November but left blank the line for president. Hillary Clinton ultimately won 57 percent of the state's vote, but 6 percent of it went to U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders as a write-in candidate.
August 23, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Los Angeles Asks to Join San Francisco's 'Sanctuary Cities' Lawsuit Against Trump
The city of Los Angeles sought Tuesday to join a legal battle against President Trump's Department of Justice over conditions requiring police to cooperate with immigration enforcement officials in order to qualify for anti-crime funding.
August 23, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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These Cops Killed a Man. Now They're Suing the Seattle Councilmember Who Called It a 'Brutal Murder.'
The two Seattle police officers who fatally shot Che Taylor last year have filed a defamation lawsuit against City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, alleging she falsely declared they had committed a "brutal murder" before they were cleared of wrongdoing by an inquest jury.
August 23, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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66 Former State AGs Send Trump a Message About Hate
More than 60 former state attorney generals are urging President Trump to follow the example of an Alabama official who once famously told the Ku Klux Klan to "kiss my ass."
August 23, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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A First in Nearly a Decade, Ohio Legislature Overrides Its Governor
The Republican-controlled Senate completed the override of six of Gov. John Kasich's budget vetoes on Tuesday, the first successful overrides of an Ohio governor's veto in nine years.
August 23, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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