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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
If any state does not want to share this information, one has to wonder what they're worried about.
President Trump, at the first meeting of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, which asked states to share personal data -- including partial Social Security numbers and voting histories -- about all of their voters. Most states rejected part or all of the request, citing concerns about privacy, reduced voter participation and election cybersecurity.
July 24, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
75,000
New Yorkers who applied for free college tuition next year under the state's first-in-nation program. About 23,000 people are projected to qualify. After graduation, students must live and work in the state for as many years as they receive the benefit.
July 24, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Minneapolis Police Chief Resigns Less Than a Week After Shooting of Australian Woman
Are body cameras working? How well-trained are patrol officers? What can be done to improve public trust in the force and to better combat the city's rising crime?
July 24, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Local Governments Using a Software That Russia May Be Using for Espionage
Local and state government agencies from Oregon to Connecticut say they are using a Russian brand of security software despite the federal government’s instructions to its own agencies not to buy the software over concerns about cyberespionage, records and interviews show.
July 24, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Delaware Plays Catch-Up With Most States' Naloxone Laws
Frances Russo-Avena won't ever forget her son screaming for help.
July 24, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Arkansas Schools Reach an Internet Milestone
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Thursday the completion of the Arkansas Public School Computer Network, a high-speed broadband upgrade for every public school in the state.
July 24, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
As Trump Wages War on Marijuana, Veterans Side With Pot
The Trump administration's attack on legal marijuana, already stymied by large states determined not to roll back the clock, is increasingly confronting an even more politically potent adversary: military veterans.
July 24, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Unemployment Rate Reaches a Record Low in Tennessee
Gov. Bill Haslam and other state officials exulted Thursday as Tennessee's unemployment rate sank to its lowest point in recorded state history last month.
July 21, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Wisconsin's Superintendent Files to Challenge Gov. Scott Walker in 2018
State Superintendent Tony Evers has filed paperwork to challenge Gov. Scott Walker in a 2018 race, according to state campaign records.
July 21, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
To Protect Young Immigrants, Democratic AGs Invoke the Late Antonin Scalia to Make Their Case
Attorneys general from 20 states invoked the memory of a conservative icon, the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to make a case that President Donald Trump should defend nearly a million young immigrants who could soon be back in line for deportation.
July 21, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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