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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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Moody's: Trump Medicaid Cuts Would Hurt States' Credit
The one-two punch of massive cuts to Medicaid that are proposed in both the new budget and the House Republicans' revised American Healthcare Act would result in cuts of close to $1 trillion over 10 years, analysis shows.
June 01, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Cop Who Killed Tamir Rice Is Fired But Not Because of Child's Death
The city of Cleveland on Tuesday fired the rookie police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice, more than two and a half years after the boy's death.
June 01, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ohio Blames, Sues Drugmakers for Opioid Crisis
In a case reminiscent of the battle against tobacco, the state of Ohio on Wednesday sued five major drug manufacturers, blaming their marketing practices for fueling a painkiller addiction crisis that claims thousands of lives a year.
June 01, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
We should not have a system where people plead guilty because they're poor.
Joe Nigro, a public defender in Nebraska and advocate of a new state law that will end the practice of automatically sending people to jail for failing to pay a fine. In one of the state's jails, it cost $5.6 million last year to house inmates for that reason.
May 31, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
12.3%
One-year increase in single-family home prices in the Seattle metro area, which represents the largest in the country and more than double the national average of 5.8 percent.
May 31, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Alabama Speeds Death Penalty Appeals Process
Gov. Kay Ivey Friday signed a bill that would shorten the death penalty appeals process in Alabama.
May 31, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ohio Voter Registration Case to Go Before U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed today to hear a case on whether Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted was correct in his decision to cancel the voting registrations of those who had failed to vote during a two-year period.
May 31, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Supreme Court Raises the Bar for Suing Police
The Supreme Court made it harder to sue police for barging into a home and provoking a shooting, setting aside a $4 million verdict against two Los Angeles County deputies on Tuesday.
May 31, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
14
States with "Blue Lives Matter" laws, which increase the penalties for violent and nonviolent crimes against police officers and extend protection to off-duty cops and their relatives. Last year, Louisiana was the first state to pass such a bill.
May 30, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I made it clear that if [Nevarez] attempted to, in his words, 'get me,' I would shoot him in self-defense.
Texas Republican state Rep. Matt Rinaldi, who angered Democratic lawmakers when he called federal immigration authorities to report protesters who held signs that read "I am illegal and here to stay." In response, Democratic Rep. Alfonso Nevarez threatened to confront him in the parking lot.
May 30, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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