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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
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
Archive
Family Matters: Connecticut Governor Requests Ethics Opinion on His Wife
Gov. Ned Lamont has asked state ethics officials for an official opinion on potential conflicts of interest for his wife, a highly successful venture capitalist.
March 25, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Opioid Lawsuits Intensify as Hundreds of Cities and Counties Sue Sackler Family
The owners of Purdue Pharma were sued in joint litigation this week by more than 500 cities and counties, from about two dozen states, for allegedly fueling the opioid crisis with deceptive marketing, adding to the massive legal pressure against the group that controls the Stamford-based company.
March 25, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Why the Marijuana Legalization Vote Got Delayed in New Jersey
It was going to lose by one vote.
March 25, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
This is the Holy Grail ruling we've been after, especially with oil and gas. It calls into question the legality of oil and gas leasing that's happening everywhere.
Jeremy Nichols of the WildEarth Guardians, the plaintiff in a court case over oil and gas drilling in Wyoming. The judge blocked the drilling in a ruling more expansive than others on this issue: "Given the national, cumulative nature of climate change, considering each individual drilling project in a vacuum deprives the agency and the public of the context necessary to evaluate oil and gas drilling on federal land."
March 25, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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