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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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U.S. Senate Votes to Block State-Run Retirement Plans
A pioneering, California-led effort to create retirement security for low-income workers has been thrown into jeopardy after the U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to block states from starting programs to automatically enroll millions of people in IRA-type savings plans.
May 04, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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'Sanctuary Cities' Bill Awaits Texas Governor's Signature -- and Lawsuits
A ban on so-called "sanctuary cities" that would allow police to ask people about their immigration status and could lead to jail time for sheriffs and police chiefs who refuse to cooperate cleared its final hurdle Wednesday after the Senate voted to agree with changes House lawmakers made, sending the contentious proposal to Gov. Greg Abbott for his signature.
May 04, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Puerto Rico Files for Biggest Municipal Bankruptcy in U.S. History
Puerto Rico has finally and officially filed for protection from its creditors in what amounts to the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
May 04, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Maine's Almost-Governor Wants YOU, Independents, for the Legislature
Two-time independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler continues to play a key role in charting the future of Maine's non-party movement.
May 03, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Utah Supreme Court Loses Its First Female Justice
As a college student in the 1960s, Christine Durham saw cultural and legal changes taking place in the country, especially in the area of civil rights.
May 03, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Confederate Flag Ban Relaxed in California
California prohibits its government agencies from selling or displaying the Confederate flag. But in a settlement of a lawsuit by an artist, who had to wait a year before his Civil War painting that included the Stars and Bars could be shown at a state-sponsored fair, the state has agreed that the ban doesn't apply to private citizens on state property.
May 03, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas Cop Fired After Shooting Unarmed Teen Leaving Party
Three days after he killed an unarmed 15-year-old boy, a Balch Springs police officer was fired.
May 03, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In First Police Shooting Decision Under Trump, No Charges for Alton Sterling's Death
The Department of Justice will not bring federal civil rights charges against two police officers involved in the death of Alton Sterling, the 37-year-old black man whose shooting by police last summer set off days of protest in Baton Rouge, La.
May 03, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Abortion Clinics Begin Reopening in Texas Nearly a Year After Supreme Court Ruling
Three Texas abortion facilities have reopened or are about to reopen, reversing a trend of clinic closures caused by strict abortion regulations that the Legislature adopted in 2013 but the U.S. Supreme Court struck down last summer.
May 03, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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'Cocaine Mom' Law Dealt a Legal Blow in Wisconsin
A federal judge in Madison has declared Wisconsin's so-called cocaine mom statute -- meant to provide protection for developing fetuses -- unconstitutional in a civil rights lawsuit by a woman who was jailed 18 days while pregnant for refusing to live at a treatment center.
May 02, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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