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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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It's Legal for Police to Post Mugshots on Facebook. But Is It Right?
A driver mows down six mailboxes, slurs her words and tells police she has a lizard in her bra. Throw in a wisecracking police officer, and what do you get? A flippant post on Facebook, along with photos of the woman, and of course, her lizard.
July 17, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Tennessee House Speaker Joins Governor's Race
Touting nearly three decades' worth of legislative experience, including six years in leadership, House Speaker and Nashville Republican Beth Harwell is officially launching a campaign to become Tennessee’s next governor.
July 17, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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An Increase in the Uninsured Could Impact the Insured, Too
Much has been written lately about how individuals’ health could suffer if they lose insurance under the health proposals circulating in the U.S. House and Senate
July 17, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Lobbyists' Days of Running Government Are Numbered in Alabama
Gov. Kay Ivey today banned officials in the executive branch from appointing registered lobbyists to serve on state boards and commissions.
July 17, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Why Youth Homelessness Is on the Rise
They are the nation’s invisible homeless population, undercounted for years, hiding out in cars and abandoned buildings, in motels and on couches, often trading sex for a place to sleep.
July 17, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Christie-Led Opioid Commission Misses Deadline for 2nd Time
The national opioid commission chaired by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is pushing back the release of an interim report for a second time.
July 17, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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DNC Worries Colorado's Wave of Unregistering Voters Will Ripple Across America
Top officials in the Democratic National Committee are worried about a sudden drop in voter registrations in Colorado, concerned that President Donald Trump's new election commission is encouraging Democrats across the country to remove themselves from the electoral grid for fear of revealing personal information to the GOP leadership.
July 17, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I think people are self-medicating with opioids and we’ve got to understand why. If we think we’re going to solve the opioid epidemic by simply increasing access to treatment, we will be forever perplexed by the dilemma.
Susan Dreyfus, the president and CEO of the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities, a national association of nonprofit providers in social services
July 14, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
Almost 3,400
People who have revoked their voter registration in Colorado since Secretary of State Wayne Williams announced that he would comply with the Trump administration's request for voter data. That's far more than the usual handful of cancellations during similar time periods.
July 14, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Sheldon Silver, Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Corruption, Gets His Conviction Overturned
A federal appeals court in Manhattan on Thursday overturned the 2015 corruption conviction of former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, but prosecutors quickly signalled that they would seek to re-try the case against the once powerful Albany powerbroker.
July 14, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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