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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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State and Local Governments Express Concern About Trump's Tax Plan
The seven largest organizations that represent state and local governments — including the National Governors Association, the National Conference of State Legislatures and the U.S. Conference of Mayors — say they strongly oppose President Donald Trump’s plan to eliminate the federal income tax deduction for state and local taxes.
April 28, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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States Seek Shortened Probation and Parole for Many
In Georgia, one in 16 adults is on probation. That’s almost four times the national average. And offenders there spend more than twice as long on probation as in the rest of the country, sometimes as long as 20 years or life. Meanwhile, probation officers juggle as many as 400 cases at a time.
April 27, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump Instructs DeVos to Reduce the Feds' Role in Education
President Trump on Wednesday ordered U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to study how the federal government has supported “top-down mandates” that rob autonomy from state and local education authorities, taking aim at Obama-era regulations that Republicans have long sought to eliminate.
April 27, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Suspended From Alabama's Supreme Court, Roy Moore Resigns to Run for U.S. Senate
Suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore said Wednesday said he will seek the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, sounding themes of social conservatism and originalism he has struck for years.
April 27, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Gas Tax to Increase, as Others Get Cut, in Tennessee
That didn't take long at all.
April 27, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Victim-Blaming No More: Washington State Helps Prostitutes Clear Charges
The governor has signed a bill into law that would allow victims of sex trafficking to clear a prostitution conviction even if they’ve committed other crimes as a result of being trafficked.
April 27, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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The Governor Happiest That Trump's Revisiting National Monuments
Gov. Paul LePage joined President Trump in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday as he signed an executive order to review national monuments that are part of the National Park Service system.
April 27, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Arizona Provides Consumers Relief From Surprise Medical Bills
Arizona consumers could get some limited relief from surprise medical bills that exceed $1,000 under legislation approved by the state Legislature.
April 26, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After Contaminating the Water Supply Near a Base, Air Force Refuses to Follow Michigan Law
Oscoda area residents whose wells are affected by groundwater contamination from the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base have been urged by state and local public health officials to seek an alternative water supply. And a new Michigan law that took effect in January would make the U.S. Air Force responsible for covering the cost of those alternative water supplies.
April 26, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Universities Given Freedom From Some Oversight in West Virginia
Gov. Jim Justice came to WVU on Tuesday to ceremonially sign into law HB 2815. The bill gives the four-year educational institutions more flexibility and exempts WVU, Marshall and the School of Osteopathic Medicine from Higher Education Policy Commission approval for certain policies and procedures.
April 26, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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