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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.

Who Said That
The tax filing system has been captured by a lucrative industry and they guard it jealously. We shouldn’t have to spend our own money on our own tax filing obligations.
Jeremy Bearer-Friend, a tax law expert at New York University. Many European governments offer free tax preparation systems. The U.S. House passed a bill on Tuesday to ban the IRS from setting one up.
April 10, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Science is back in the state of Florida. Science is back with a vengeance.
Kimberly Mitchell, executive director of Everglades Trust, reacting to news that GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed a biologist as the state's first chief science officer. His predecessor was criticized for not addressing climate change and for banning the term from state government.
April 09, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
465
Reported measles cases this year, which is the highest in the past five years. The once-eradicated disease spread to four more states last week.
April 09, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Archive
Behind the Lens: How Long Beach Prepares for the Grand Prix
Photos and musings from our photographer.
April 09, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
3rd leading cause
Of death among Native American women and girls is murder. In some counties, their murder rate is more than 10 times the national average.
April 08, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I’m often asked by younger Republicans and students why, as a Republican, I’m strongly advocating for conservation and environmental initiatives. I remind them the root of the word ‘conservative’ is ‘conserve.’
Carmel, Ind., Mayor Jim Brainard, in testimony last week before a U.S. House subcommittee on environment and climate change.
April 08, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
He was a big supporter of statehood for Washington, D.C. A lot of times we don't see athletes engage that way.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, on professional baseball player Bryce Harper who joined the Phillies this season after seven years with the Washington Nationals. She posted -- and then deleted -- a tweet that compared Harper to Revolutionary War-era traitor Benedict Arnold.
April 02, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$7 million
Money raised by 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg. The South Bend, Ind., mayor is the first to reveal his fundraising totals from the first few months of 2019.
April 02, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Supreme Court: Constitution Doesn't Ensure a 'Painless' Execution
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Constitution does not guarantee a "painless death" for condemned murderers, deciding that a Missouri inmate may be executed by a lethal injection despite a rare condition that could cause him to suffocate.
April 01, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
88%
Portion of the 755,000 people expected to lose food stamps who live below the federal poverty line. The public comment period for the Trump administration's new rules ends today.
April 01, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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