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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.

News in Numbers
29/258
Ratio of bills enacted to those introduced in state legislatures this year to help with consumer pharmaceutical costs.
August 07, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
1,200
Net number of jobs Kansas has lured away from Missouri over the last 10 years of economic development competition between the two states.
August 07, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
The Republican Party is enabling white supremacy in our country. As a lifelong Republican, it pains me to say this, but it’s the truth.
Tweet from Nebraska state Sen. John McCollister after the El Paso shooting. In response, the Nebraska Republican Party called the statement false and urged McCollister to leave the GOP.
August 06, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$569,204.63
Amount the Trump campaign owes the Texas city of El Paso for police and public safety services associated with a rally there in February. Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke held a rally the same day and paid the city in May.
August 06, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
More than 30 million
U.S. voters who have been removed from registration lists in the last five years. Counties with histories of discrimination were once required to seek federal approval to purge voters. Without that rule, those counties purge voters at a higher rate than other counties.
August 05, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I'm just kind of going to be who I am for three weeks and try to help out [the] next speaker get off to a good start. Boredom is the key word. B-o-r-e-d-o-m.
Tennessee state Rep. Bill Dunn, expressing less than excitement to temporarily replace House Speaker Glen Casada. That means attending State Building Commission meetings.
August 05, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Restaurant worker on a phone.
Archive
Voting by Phone Is Convenient, But Is It Too Risky?
The option is spreading at a time of heightened fear of foreign interference in U.S. elections. It has been used in a few local elections and will be available to some voters in the 2020 presidential caucuses.
August 02, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
Less than $100
Size of the refund checks being sent to South Carolina residents, who paid for a $2 billion nuclear project that was never completed. It's a fraction of what they were charged for the project on their utility bills.
August 02, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
COCAINE. Let’s talk about it. No shade, no shame, just information.
Message on the Instagram for House of Yes, a Brooklyn nightclub that's working with New York City's health department to raise awareness about the mixing of cocaine with the deadly opioid fentanyl.
August 02, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Illinois state Sen. Thomas Cullerton
Archive
Embezzling From a Union? Illinois State Senator Indicted
Illinois state Sen. Thomas E. Cullerton has been indicted by federal authorities on embezzlement charges alleging he pocketed almost $275,000 in salary and benefits from the Teamsters union despite doing little or no work.
August 02, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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