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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.

News in Numbers
46 out of 165
Economic development deals in which Texas changed once-finalized contracts for companies receiving tax breaks -- usually to lower the number of jobs they were required to create. These type of renegotiations are rarely made public.
March 06, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
88 to 100
The ratio of black men to black women. By comparison, there are 97 white men for every 100 white women. The stark difference in gender imbalances can largely be blamed on the mass incarceration of black men.
March 05, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
No foundation has ever had so much power over an American city. … It's a precinct model of what's happening to the whole United States.
Tulsa Community College professor Michael Mason, who says the George Kaiser Family Foundation contributes as much as or more than the state government to city services in Tulsa, Okla.
March 05, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
40%
Decline in homicides in Chicago, comparing this year's January and February to last year's. There was also a 7 percent decline in shootings during the same time period.
March 04, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
You'd expect to hear this offensive language in the 'Handmaid's Tale' -- not from the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives.
The chair of Florida's Democratic Party, Terrie Rizzo, on comments made by state GOP House Speaker Jose Oliva in which he referred to pregnant women as "host bodies" when talking about abortion.
March 04, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
We're the first generation to feel the sting of climate change. And we're the last who can do something about it.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, in a video announcing his run for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. He is making climate change a focal point of his platform.
March 01, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
6,227
Pedestrians who died in the United States last year, which is the most since 1990. Over the last decade, pedestrian deaths have risen by 35 percent while other traffic fatalities declined by 6 percent.
March 01, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
An illegally constituted General Assembly does not represent the people of North Carolina and is therefore not empowered to pass legislation that would amend the state’s constitution.
Ruling from Wake County Superior Court Judge G. Bryan Collins, striking down two laws that voters approved in November that were placed on the ballot by the legislature. Collins justified his ruling on the basis that lawmakers were elected using maps that the Supreme Court deemed unconstitutional.
February 28, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$230,000
Salary for Ohio's new health department head, which is the highest of any cabinet member in the state. The appointee, Amy Acton, was once homeless herself and will now help to reduce homelessness.
February 28, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
18 cents
Increase in the state gas tax being proposed by Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. “Anything less than that, and our roads are going to start to go downhill,” he says. The federal gas tax is 18.4 cents per gallon and has remained at that level since 1993.
February 27, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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