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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 Constitution's protection of religious liberty is somehow even better than Chick-fil-A's chicken. Unfortunately, I have serious concerns that both are under assault at the San Antonio airport.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, in a letter to San Antonio leaders who excluded the fast-food company -- in part because of its anti-LGBT reputation -- from the list of airport vendors. Paxton is launching an investigation to see if the decision violates the First Amendment.
April 01, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$0
Federal funding that Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands had used as of January to recover from the 2017 hurricanes, according to a new GAO report. While Florida and Texas had spent $1 million and $18 million, respectively, it's still only a tiny slice of the total disaster aid given to them.
March 29, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
We're expanding Meatless Mondays to all public schools to keep our lunch and planet green for generations to come.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
March 29, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
19 to 20%
Anticipated drop in traffic and greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study, if Los Angeles implemented congestion pricing, which charges people to drive in certain areas, for one of the region’s most gridlocked corners.
March 28, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
You don’t run for second place.
Stacey Abrams, when asked on "The View" about rumors that she will be former Vice President Joe Biden's running mate.
March 28, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
When I said I'm Never Trump, I mean ‘Never,’ and will vote for anyone who isn't Trump. But liberals are already exhausting me and it's only 2019.
Tweet from Tom Nichols, a U.S. Naval War College professor and prominent conservative critic of the president.
March 27, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$350 million
Money that Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, and the company’s owners, the Sackler family, have agreed to pay Oklahoma to settle an opioid lawsuit. It will be divided between the state, cities, counties and a new addiction treatment and research center at Oklahoma State University.
March 27, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
1.6%
Drop in teacher salaries nationwide, when inflation is taken into account, from 2000 to 2017. U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, a 2020 Democratic candidate for president, pledged to raise them.
March 26, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
No one really talked to me. It was like I was a caged animal.
Rachel Diamond, describing her stay in traditional emergency rooms when she went for depression and anxiety. She says doctors typically numbed her with medications and placed her in a guarded room. More recently, she visited one of the growing number of ERs dedicated to helping psychiatric patients.
March 26, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Michigan to Stop Funding Foster Agencies That Don't Let LGBT People Adopt
Michigan will no longer financially support adoption and foster care agencies that refuse to work with same-sex couples and LGBTQ individuals because of religious beliefs under the terms of a settlement of a lawsuit negotiated by Attorney General Dana Nessel.
March 25, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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