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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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Hawaiians Fire Back at Sessions' Diss of Their State and Power
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is under fire today for comments about Hawaii and the federal judge who halted President Trump's travel ban.
April 21, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Losing Too Many Police Recruits to Past Pot Use, Maryland Eases Its Qualifications
Regulators in Maryland have eased restrictions on the amount of marijuana prospective police officers may have smoked before being hired in the state _ a move Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis championed to boost his department's hiring efforts.
April 21, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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How Cities and States Are Shielding Immigrants’ Data From Federal Officials
In the face of stepped-up deportation efforts, many unauthorized immigrants worry that state and local programs that are designed to help them could instead be used by federal agents to identify and expel them from the country.
April 21, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Arkansas Carries Out First Execution Since 2005
Convicted murdered Ledell Lee was put to death after a flurry of last-minute court rulings Thursday that had left the latest of eight planned Arkansas executions in limbo. Defense lawyers battled on myriad fronts to save Lee, who claimed innocence, from a controversial lethal injection.
April 21, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Judge Blocks Abortion Restrictions That Left Missouri With One Clinic
A federal judge kept on Wednesday his promise to block two state laws in Missouri that have kept clinics outside of the Planned Parenthood in St. Louis from performing abortions.
April 20, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Medical Marijuana Gets West Virginia Governor's Approval
Saying he was there to show basic compassion, Gov. Jim Justice signed into law the bill that makes West Virginia the 29th state to legalize medical marijuana.
April 20, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Wrongfully Convicted Entitled to Refunds, Rules Supreme Court
People who are freed from prison when their convictions are reversed deserve a refund of what they paid in fees, court costs and restitution, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
April 20, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Las Vegas, Drug Users Have a New Place for Help: Needle Vending Machines
Las Vegas is preparing to be the first city in the nation with vending machines dispensing clean needles in an effort to help combat the spread of hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV, while also possibly leading some drug users into treatment.
April 20, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Church Denied State Funding Appears to Win Sympathy From Supreme Court Justices
Liberal and conservative Supreme Court justices alike sounded sympathetic Wednesday to a Missouri church that says it was unfairly denied a state grant for playground improvements.
April 20, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Apology Not Accepted: Resignation Calls Mount for Florida Lawmaker Who Called Colleagues the N- and B-Words
Miami Republican Sen. Frank Artiles dropped the n-word to a pair of African-American colleagues in private conversation Monday night -- after calling one of them a "fucking asshole," a "bitch" and a "girl," the two senators said.
April 19, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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