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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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Texas Loosens Its Voter ID Law
Gov. Greg Abbott signed a new voter ID bill into law Thursday, loosening identification requirements from a 2011 law that a federal judge said was enacted by Republicans to intentionally discriminate against minority voters, who tend to vote for Democrats.
June 02, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Florida First in U.S. to Issue Certificates for Miscarriages
Florida will become the first state to issue what’s essentially a birth certificate to women who’ve had miscarriages, an idea that received broad support among Democrats and Republicans despite concerns from the National Organization for Women that it was an attempt to define life for fetuses that couldn’t survive outside the womb.
June 02, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Driverless Car Testing Gets the Right of Way in Colorado
If you’re thinking about developing an autonomous vehicle in Colorado, go ahead. It’s now legal, as long as you obey all of the existing rules of the road, according to legislation that Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law Thursday.
June 02, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Your email account has been hacked by an unfortunate and unusually hostile individual. Please remedy your account’s security right away, lest this person’s uninformed and sexist rantings give you a bad name.
Austin Mayor Steve Adler's sarcastic response, which he published on his blog, to an email he received from someone upset that a movie theater planned to host two women-only screenings of the movie “Wonder Woman."
June 02, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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Confirmed cases of measles in Minnesota, which exceeds the number of cases in the United States last year. Most of the victims are unvaccinated preschool children.
June 02, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Texas, 2 of Its Biggest Cities Join Legal Battle Against New Immigration Law
The cities of San Antonio and Austin announced on Thursday they have joined the fight to stop the state's new immigration enforcement law, Senate Bill 4, in federal court.
June 02, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Say Goodbye to Straight-Ticket Voting in Texas
After remaining quiet on the issue during the recent legislative session, Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law Thursday that will eliminate the straight-ticket voting option starting in 2020.
June 02, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Prisoners Could Help Solve Maine's Labor Problem, Says Governor
Gov. Paul LePage is suggesting that prison inmates granted "conditional commutations" could help fill vacancies in Maine's tourism industry as businesses struggle to find workers with summer looming.
June 02, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Back to Being a Democrat: New Jersey Mayor Switches Parties for 3rd Time in 7 Years
Mayor John Labrosse, a former Republican, rejoined the Democratic Party on Thursday.
June 02, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Almost 100 Mayors Vow to Honor Paris Climate Deal
Following President Donald Trump's decision Thursday to pull the United States out of the historic Paris climate accord, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo encouraged him to reconsider what she called a "short-sighted" move.
June 02, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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