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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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Pre-Obamacare, Preexisting Conditions Plagued States and Insurers
For most of his life, Carl Goulden had near-perfect health. He and his wife, Wanda, say that changed 10 years ago. Carl remembered feeling “a lot of pain in the back, tired, fatigue, yellow eyes — a lot of jaundice.”
April 26, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Bill Would Blacklist Contractors Who Build Trump's Border Wall
Contractors would have to choose between building a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico and doing business with California under a legislative proposal that advanced in the Senate Tuesday.
April 26, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Judge Blocks Trump's Order to Defund Immigrant Sanctuaries
President Trump can't coerce sanctuary cities like San Francisco to cooperate with immigration officers by threatening to withdraw crucial funding, a federal judge said Tuesday in a ruling that bars enforcement of Trump's order nationwide.
April 26, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Opioid Treatment Hampered by States' Nursing Laws
Confronting an opioid overdose epidemic that is killing at least 90 people every day, two federal agencies this month gave more than 700 nurse practitioners and physician assistants the authority to write prescriptions for the anti-addiction medication buprenorphine.
April 25, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Before Wells Fargo Board Elections, Major Public Pension Funds Retract Their Support
Wells Fargo's board is on the hot seat ahead of Tuesday's annual shareholder meeting as some large investors, including North Carolina's treasurer, say they will vote against the re-election of directors who oversaw the bank during its sales scandal.
April 25, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Missouri Puts Statewide Uber, Lyft Regulations in Drive
In a move that could open Missouri to thousands of jobs for Uber and Lyft drivers while pounding another nail in the tire of traditional taxi services, Gov. Eric Greitens on Monday signed legislation paving the way for the new transportation companies to more easily operate statewide, effectively superseding local fees and regulations.
April 25, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In New Book, Kasich Attributes Trump's Election to America's Spiritual Decline
Donald Trump's stunning victory was not so much a sign of a political or social upheaval in America but one that shows the decline of a nation that has lost its moral compass, John Kasich says in his new book.
April 25, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ann Coulter's Backers at Berkeley File Lawsuit for Rescheduling Her Speech
A UC Berkeley student group filed a federal lawsuit Monday accusing the university of unconstitutionally censoring conservative speech, days after administrators said they could not safely accommodate right-wing commentator Ann Coulter on campus this week.
April 25, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Arkansas Carries Out First Double Executions in U.S. Since 2000
In the nation's first double execution since 2000, Arkansas delivered heart-stopping doses of lethal drugs Monday night to death-row inmates Jack Jones Jr., 52, and Marcel Williams, 46.
April 25, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Matching Ex-Offenders With Hard-to-Fill Health Care Jobs
Collie Thomas sat in the courtyard outside the Johns Hopkins Hospital and marveled at her luck. She works as an orderly in one of the most prestigious hospitals in the country. She was promoted about a year ago. She just moved into a snug new row house.
April 24, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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