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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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Maine Lawmakers Repeal Part of Minimum Wage Law That Voters Just Passed
The Legislature and Gov. Paul LePage have repealed part of the minimum wage law enacted by voters in November 2016 by restoring the tip credit for Maine businesses that employ tipped workers.
June 28, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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GOP Governors Could Bring Down the Senate Health Bill
GOP governors opposed to the Senate healthcare bill’s changes to Medicaid are exerting influence on their home-state senators, making it more difficult for Republican leaders to net the 50 votes they need to pass the legislation.
June 28, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
WHO MURDERED ME?
Words on a new billboard in Salt Lake City, accompanied by a photo of Kerry Arbon -- whose murder case has been unsolved since 1991 -- and the phone number for a tipline.
June 27, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$3 million
Settlement paid by the government to the mother of Philando Castile, a black motorist fatally shot by police in Minnesota while his girlfriend and her 4-year-old sat next to him. The deal comes weeks after the officer was acquitted of all charges related to the shooting.
June 27, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ted Kennedy, Jr., Rejects Calls to Run for Governor
There will be no Camelot in Connecticut in 2018: Ted Kennedy Jr. declared Monday that he is not running for governor.
June 27, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Minimum Wage Study Casts Doubt on Its Benefits, as Some Cast Doubt on the Study
It's one of the core questions in the debate over minimum wage: Does pushing the pay floor to $15 lead businesses to cut hours and jobs?
June 27, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Mayors Lobby Against Congressional Gun Bills
The U.S. Conference of Mayors has come out in opposition to House and Senate GOP proposals to allow "concealed carry" gun license holders to carry weapons into other states that allow it.
June 27, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Richard Spencer's White Nationalist Think Tank Broke Virginia Law
Richard Spencer's white nationalist think tank broke Virginia nonprofit laws by failing to register in the state and by not telling prospective donors it had lost its tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service, according to an investigation by state regulators.
June 27, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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CBO: Senate Bill Would Nearly Double the Uninsured Compared to Obamacare
Senate Republicans’ legislation to overhaul the Affordable Care Act would leave an additional 22 million people without health care coverage over the next decade and cut the federal deficit by $321 billion, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis released late Monday.
June 27, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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States Must List Same-Sex Parents on Birth Certificates, Rules Supreme Court
Gay couples who are married are entitled to have both their names listed on their child's birth certificate, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday.
June 27, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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