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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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Prison Riot in California Injures Guards and Inmates
At least eight law enforcement officers and seven inmates were injured Wednesday morning in a riot at Pelican Bay State Prison that ended when guards fired live ammunition into the crowd, state corrections officials said.
May 25, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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CBO: House Bill Would Leave 23 Million More Uninsured and Destabilize the Market in Some States
The Republican overhaul of the federal health law passed by the House this month would result in slightly lower premiums and slightly fewer uninsured Americans than an earlier proposal.
May 25, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$18.5 million
Payout from the corporation Target to 47 states and the District of Columbia to settle a lawsuit over the 2013 breach that put millions of customers' personal information into the hands of hackers.
May 24, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
There is a difference between remembrance of history and reverence of it.
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, in defense of his decision to urge the city council to remove four Confederate monuments from the city. Hours after his speech on Friday, the last of the four was taken down.
May 24, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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An Oregon Lawmaker's Strange Crusade to Save an Iowa Town With Chinese Money
Though an elected lawmaker in Oregon, Brian Clem has spent much of the last two years living out of a dorm room at a defunct university in this Mississippi River town trying to make millions.
May 24, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New Campaign Finance Rules Ignore Missouri Voters' Decision
Two weeks after a federal judge blew a major hole in Missouri's new campaign finance law, another decision has been handed down that further chips away at limits on contributions even though Missouri voters approved limits last November.
May 24, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Maine's New Way of Voting Ruled Unconstitutional
Maine's high court said Tuesday that the state's first-in-the-nation ranked-choice voting system is unconstitutional, throwing the voter-approved law into jeopardy ahead of the key 2018 campaign when it was supposed to be implemented.
May 24, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Tucked in Trump's Budget, a New Plan to Punish Sanctuary Cities
President Trump proposed a dramatic expansion of the law at the center of the administration's fight against sanctuary cities -- changes that could enable the federal government to punish cities like San Francisco for shielding immigrants.
May 24, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Single-Payer Health Care Would Cost California More Than Triple Its Budget
The annual price tag for California's proposed universal, single-payer health care system would come to a staggering $400 billion and possibly trigger substantial tax increases, according to a state review released Monday.
May 24, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
Almost one-third
Portion of states' general fund revenues in 2015, the most recent year available, that came from federal money. The state most dependent on federal funding was Louisiana, while the least dependent was North Dakota.
May 23, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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