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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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All 50 State AGs Unite to Press Congress on Child Sex Trafficking
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has joined 49 other state attorneys general in asking Congress to change federal law so that state and local prosecutors can pursue charges against child sex traffickers.
August 18, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Fighting Trump's Environmental Rollbacks, State AGs Get New Help
NYU School of Law will launch a new center, financed by Bloomberg Philanthropies, aimed at helping state attorneys general fight any federal moves to roll back renewable energy, environmental protections and climate policies.
August 18, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Prison Capital of the World, Louisiana, to Review 16,000 Sentences
Louisiana's Public Safety and Corrections officials are reviewing the sentences of 16,000 inmates who could have their prison time shortened as criminal law changes take effect Nov. 1. That's around 45 percent of the 35,500 people the state has locked up now.
August 18, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Following Baltimore's Lead, Maryland Quickly and Quietly Removes Confederate-Era Statue
Under the cover of night, a work crew removed the statue of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney from the grounds of the State House, ending the monument's 145-year perch on the prominent spot in Annapolis.
August 18, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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The Best and Worst States for Medicaid Managed Care, According to Patients
Kansas' privatized Medicaid system, KanCare, came in last among 36 states' managed care Medicaid programs in a customer satisfaction survey conducted by the firm J.D. Power.
August 17, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Unfamiliar Waters, Christie Criticizes Trump on Offshore Drilling
The Christie administration Wednesday issued a rebuke to President Donald Trump’s bid to open Atlantic Ocean waters to offshore drilling.
August 17, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Black Lives Matter, the KKK, and Neo-Nazi’s are racist hate groups and I condemn them.
Tennessee state Rep. Micah Van Huss, a Republican who took to Facebook after the deadly protests in Charlottesville, Va., to "let my constituents know where I stand." The Confederate flag, he wrote, is "a symbol of freedom."
August 17, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
More Than 700
Confederate monuments and statues on public property in the United States. Most of them are in the South, and 32 of them have been dedicated or rededicated since 2000.
August 17, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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To Reduce Infant Mortality, Cities Enlist Doulas for Black Moms
This city has opened a new front in its effort to give black newborns the same chance of surviving infancy as white babies: training “doulas” to assist expectant mothers during pregnancy, delivery and afterward.
August 17, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas Governor Echoes Trump's Comments on Removing Confederate Monuments
Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday weighed in on the renewed debate over Confederate monuments in Texas, saying that removing them "won't erase our nation's past, and it doesn't advance our nation's future."
August 17, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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