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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.

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
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
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