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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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Arizona Used Rancher's Killing to Justify Harsh Immigration Laws, But the Case's Truth Is Unclear
When Sue Krentz was growing up in southern Arizona, about 30 miles from the Mexican border, migrants would wander into the front yard of her parents' modest ranch house and ask to sweep the steps or mow the lawn.
June 26, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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'I Wish He Was Dead': Nebraska Democratic Party Official Fired for Controversial Comments About Congressman's Shooting
Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb removed a party official from his post Thursday after a recording surfaced of him making offensive remarks about the shooting of U.S. Rep Steve Scalise.
June 26, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Dr. Rachel Levine at a pharmacy.
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Rachel Levine on Being a Transgender Public Official in America [Episode 8]
There are certainly challenges, says Pennsylvania's physician general, but "eventually people will just judge us based off our qualifications and the work we do."
June 23, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Property Rights Case, U.S. Supreme Court Sides With Government
A St. Croix River private property dispute was settled Friday when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a Wisconsin family that wanted to sell shorefront land to finance improvements on an adjacent cabin.
June 23, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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States that California state employees and officials are banned from traveling to using taxpayer dollars. Each of them has laws that California considers discriminatory toward the LGBT community.
June 23, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Networking never looked so good.
The "After Parties" page that lists events for the annual U.S. Conference of Mayors convention, which happened this weekend in Miami Beach, Fla. One of the after parties was held at LIV nightclub, which -- according to the USCM page -- is "the ultimate nightlife experience" and has "three full-service bars, and a lavish main dance floor."
June 23, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Executions Allowed Again in Arizona, But Under One Condition
Almost three years after a death-row prisoner agonized on a gurney for nearly two hours during a botched execution, Arizona can legally resume executions — if the state Department of Corrections can find the drugs to do so.
June 23, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New Jersey Joins Multi-State Investigation of Opioid Makers
As Gov. Chris Christie openly pushes his agenda focusing on treatment and prevention of opioid abuse, his administration is quietly expanding the effort to the legal front.
June 23, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Appeals Court Reinstates Anti-LGBT Law in Mississippi
Mississippi's Republican leadership praised Thursday's ruling by a three-judge panel of the United States' 5th Circuit Court of Appeals re-instating the state's controversial 2016 legislation that opponents said would lead to discrimination against gays and other groups on religious grounds.
June 23, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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4 Anti-LGBT States Added to California's Travel Ban
California has its own travel ban. The new law took effect in January, banning state employees and officials from using tax money to go to states with laws it deemed discriminatory in regards to gender identity or sexual orientation -- starting with Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee.
June 23, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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