✕

Internet Explorer 11 is not supported

For optimal browsing, we recommend Chrome, Firefox or Safari browsers.
GOVERNING Avatar Logo

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.

Archive
CDC's New Chief Led Georgia's Public Health Department
The Trump administration has picked the head of the Georgia Department of Public Health to run the Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
July 10, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Wildfires Force Nearly 8,000 Californians to Evacuate
With a heat wave continuing to bake California and the rest of the West, wildfires forced nearly 8,000 people to dash for safety Sunday as flames destroyed homes and threatened thousands of structures across the state.
July 10, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
DeVos Surprises States With Hard Line on New Education Law
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who made a career of promoting local control of education, has signaled a surprisingly hard-line approach to carrying out an expansive new federal education law, issuing critical feedback that has rattled state school chiefs and conservative education experts alike.
July 10, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Macro of oxycodone opioid tablets
Archive
For This Government Job, Being a Former Drug Addict Is a Requirement
Hiring ex-addicts is a key part of Kentucky's strategy for combating the opioid epidemic and its impact on families.
July 07, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Drug Scourge Police Photos
Archive
Behind the Decision to Post That Infamous Facebook Photo of the Opioid Epidemic at Its Worst
Mayor Ryan Stovall has no regrets.
July 07, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Blair Milo giving a TED Talk.
Archive
28 and Mayor of Her Hometown [Episode 9]
Blair Milo is used to being underestimated because of her age and gender. She doesn't let it stop her from running a city.
July 07, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I just love to sit in my office and make up ways so they’ll write these stupid stories because they are just so stupid.
Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage, complaining about the media for reporting that he was planning to leave the state when the government was shut down last week. LePage left lawmakers voicemails that said he was "heading out of town" -- but the governor later said he was lying in order to get lawmakers to call him back sooner.
July 07, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$7.70
The new minimum wage in St. Louis, as of Aug. 28, which will be down from $10. The city increased it to $10 in 2015, but a new state law makes it illegal for municipalities in Missouri to set their own minimum wage.
July 07, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
On Voter ID, Is It Time to Leave Texas Alone? Trump's DOJ Thinks So.
After long fighting Texas' voter ID law for discriminating against Latino and African American voters, the U.S. Department of Justice declared the latest revision of the controversial state law now satisfies President Donald Trump's administration, according a filing in federal court Wednesday.
July 07, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Judge Refuses Hawaii's Request for Travel Ban Clarification
A federal judge in Honolulu today denied an emergency motion by the state of Hawaii to clarify what constitutes a close family relationship in the rules of President Donald Trump's partial travel ban.
July 07, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Load More
gov-footer-logo-2024.png
GT-footer-logo.png
II-footer-logo.png
NAV-footer-logo.png
CDG-footer-logo.png
CDE-footer-logo.png
CPSAI-footer-logo.png
EM-footer-logo.png