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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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Ex-Chicago Public Schools Leader Sentenced to 4 1/2 Years in Prison
Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett began to sob in a federal courtroom Friday as she struggled to explain where "the tipping point" was that led her down a path of corruption.
May 01, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After Slashing Taxes, Oklahoma Struggles to Pay for Basic Services
Four years ago, Oklahoma's oil patch was booming, unemployment was falling and state lawmakers were debating what to do with $200 million in surplus revenue.
May 01, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Florida Deal Would Reverse Key Part of Obama’s Medicaid Expansion
The Trump administration appears to have scrapped one of the key tools the Obama administration used to encourage states to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
May 01, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Half of Immigrants Arrested in ICE Raids Had Traffic Convictions or No Record
About half of the 675 immigrants picked up in roundups across the United States in the days after President Trump took office either had no criminal convictions or had committed traffic offenses, mostly drunken driving, as their most serious crimes, according to data obtained by The Washington Post.
May 01, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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How Conservative Court Opinions Could Lead to Liberal Victory on 'Sanctuary Cities'
Liberal sanctuary cities in California and elsewhere may well win their legal battle against President Donald Trump thanks to Supreme Court rulings once heralded by conservatives, including a 2012 opinion that shielded red states from President Barack Obama's plans to expand Medicaid coverage for low-income Americans.
May 01, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Postal Service Blocks Pot Shop From Paying Taxes to Alaska
The federal government will not let Rainforest Farms pay its taxes.
April 28, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Court: Employers Can Pay Women Less Than Men Based on Their Past Salaries
An employer can pay a woman less than a man for the same work if the man was paid more at his previous job and if the employer had a reasonable policy to justify reliance on past salaries, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
April 28, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Leaders Vow to Fight Trump's Oil Drilling Order Before It's Even Signed
President Donald Trump on Friday is expected to sign an executive order that could open large parts of the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic oceans to new oil and gas drilling, a prospect that elicited a fierce backlash in California and elsewhere even before details of the order were clear.
April 28, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Purdue University's Unprecedented Move to Acquire a For-Profit College
Purdue University’s acquisition of Kaplan University is an unexpected tectonic shift in American higher education, revealing both the changing roles of public universities and the dwindling fortunes of for-profit colleges.
April 28, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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If Trump Defunds 'Sanctuary Cities,’ Public Health Could Suffer
Local health officials are bracing for the potential impact of a Trump administration policy that would stop federal funding to jurisdictions that don’t enforce federal immigration laws.
April 28, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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