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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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Before Hosting 2018 Super Bowl, Minnesota Cracks Down on Sex Trafficking
Law enforcement officials and nonprofits across Minnesota are taking aggressive new action to crack down on customers of prostitution -- often white, middle-aged and married men -- and boosting programs aimed at keeping teens out of the sex trade.
August 09, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Hacker walking down a hallway of zeros and ones.
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Hackers' Little Helpers: Employees With Bad 'Cyber-Hygiene'
Governments are starting to realize that cybersecurity isn't just the responsibility of the IT department.
August 09, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
The First Amendment protects the power of speech. It doesn't protect the power of screech.
Leanne Robbin, a Maine assistant attorney general who successfully argued in federal court for a state law that bans protesters who are so loud they can be heard inside a building where people are receiving health services. The case centered around anti-abortion protesters outside a Planned Parenthood clinic.
August 09, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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State legislators who are term-limited in 2018. Republicans make up 177 of them, while Democrats make up 86.
August 09, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Gerrymandering Case, 16 States Lend Support to Wisconsin
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is backing Wisconsin in a high-profile case asking the U.S. Supreme Court whether lawmakers can go too far when drawing political maps to advantage one party.
August 09, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Public Has No Right to Governor's Emails to Lawmakers, Rules Delaware Judge
A Delaware Superior Court judge has ruled that the state's highest executive has broad authority to shield his emails from public view.
August 09, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Too Loud? Noise Ordinance Can Be Used to Stop Abortion Protesters in Maine
A federal appeals court has ruled that Maine can enforce a law that bars protests that are intentionally loud enough to be heard inside a building.
August 09, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Detroit Mayor Headed to November Showdown
Incumbent Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and challenger state Sen. Coleman Young II will head for a showdown in November after both candidates garnered an overwhelming majority of votes in the Tuesday primary, knocking six other mayoral hopefuls out of the race.
August 09, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Oregon Offers to Pay Immigrant Children's Health Care
When Dolores Loaeza was a baby and she needed medical care, her mother could call her pediatrician in Mexico for free advice, and, if needed, to send medication across the border to Los Angeles.
August 09, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Citing Obamacare Uncertainty, Another Insurer Pulls Plans From Nevada and Georgia
U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc (ANTM.N) said on Monday it will no longer offer Obamacare plans in Nevada's state exchange and will stop offering the plans in nearly half of Georgia's counties next year.
August 09, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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