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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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A State Employees' Guide to Governors' Workforce Goals
From promises of pay raises to warnings of cutbacks, State of the State speeches offer a peek into their priorities for the year.
April 03, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Houston Sergeant Kills Himself Inside Police Station
A Houston police sergeant who shot and killed himself Friday morning in his west Houston patrol station was a "great guy, a great personality, a great human being," Chief Art Acevedo said.
April 03, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump Approves Aid for California's Disastrous February
Federal disaster relief will be available for 42 California counties to help repair hundreds of millions of dollars in damage incurred by February's flooding, storms and mudslides, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Sunday.
April 03, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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To Alleviate High Cost of Rx Drugs, States Cut Some Red Tape
Cameron Credle was barely more than a toddler when he was diagnosed with abnormally high cholesterol. And over the years, despite being an avid runner and bicyclist and a careful eater, Credle has seen his numbers climb high into the 400s. Even the cholesterol medications he was taking didn’t get him into the healthy range of under 200.
April 03, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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No Drug Test Will Mean No Health Care, If Scott Walker Gets His Way
With the GOP's repeal of Obamacare stymied in Congress, Gov. Scott Walker is still rejecting the federal law and instead asking the Trump administration to let Wisconsin drug test applicants for state coverage.
April 03, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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8 Executions in 11 Days: Inside Arkansas' Unprecedented Plans
Patricia Washington sees a simple calculus: If you take someone's life, you better be prepared to lose your own.
April 03, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Deadline Up But Families Not Out of Lead-Contaminated Housing in Indiana
Dozens of families remained at a lead-contaminated public housing complex in northwest Indiana despite a Friday target date to move them out so the city could tear down the buildings.
April 03, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump Administration Responds to California Chief Justice's Request to Stop 'Stalking' Immigrants at Courthouses
The Trump administration on Friday fired back at California's top judge, disputing her characterization that federal immigration agents were "stalking" courthouses to make arrests.
March 31, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kentucky Lawmakers Easily Override All of Governor's Vetoes
Without debate, the Republican-led General Assembly overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to override all four of Republican Gov. Matt Bevin's vetoes, including one veto that would have doomed a popular bill meant to assist the mentally ill with outpatient treatment.
March 31, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Bridge Fire and Collapse Prompts State of Emergency in Atlanta
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency Thursday night after fire officials extinguished a massive fire on I-85 in Atlanta that led to the collapse of a bridge on the interstate.
March 31, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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