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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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Israel's Newest Ally: Arkansas
Arkansas has signaled that it intends to invest in Israel and, through the enactment of two laws during this year's regular session, is standing up to a movement that seeks to boycott, divest from and punish the Middle Eastern country, Ron Dermer, Israel's ambassador to the U.S., said Monday.
August 15, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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With New P3, Delaware Partially Privatizes Economic Development
Delaware's economic development efforts are about to undergo a major transformation.
August 15, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Supposedly Symbolic, State Travel Bans Have Real Financial Impact
Six states now prohibit their employees from taking nonessential work trips to states with laws that, in their view, discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
August 15, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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$13 Living Wage Approved for Indianapolis City and County Workers
Hundreds of Indianapolis municipal employees are about to become eligible for raises.
August 15, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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How Maine's Governor Convinced a Labor Union to Weaken Its Own Power
Gov. Paul LePage used the lure of higher wage increases for members of Maine's largest state workers union to win a key concession in his campaign to weaken the clout of organized labor.
August 15, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Files First 'Sanctuary Cities' Lawsuit From a State
California joined San Francisco on Monday in taking legal action challenging a Trump administration threat to withhold federal public safety grants from sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate in deportations.
August 15, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Post-Charlottesville, Cities Rush to Remove Confederate Monuments
The thousands of demonstrators have left Charlottesville, Va. The bronze statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, around which the protests were focused, remained standing. A memorial service was being planned for the woman who was killed, and many of the 19 people injured remained in the hospital.
August 15, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After Falsely Accusing Thousands of Unemployment Fraud and Wrongly Taking Their Money, Michigan Makes Amends. But Is It Enough?
The state will refund close to $21 million to Michigan residents after reviewing cases in which an Unemployment Insurance Agency computer system falsely accused tens of thousands of people of committing benefits fraud, the agency said Friday after completing a review of affected cases.
August 15, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New 'Stand Your Ground' Law Fails Florida Court Test
A second Miami judge has ruled that the Florida Legislature’s decision to broaden the protection of the long controversial “Stand Your Ground” self-defense law is unconstitutional.
August 15, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Why Cab Drivers Regret Going Electric in D.C.
When taxi driver Habtamu Tarekegn decided to “go green” by buying an electric car, he was excited about the potential for economic independence at a time when D.C. cabbies are struggling to compete with Uber.
August 15, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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