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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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NCAA Threat Pushes North Carolina Lawmakers to Strike a Deal on Bathrooms
North Carolina lawmakers could repeal House Bill 2 on Thursday under a deal struck late Wednesday night by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican legislative leaders.
March 30, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Michigan Supreme Court Justice Retires
Former Chief Justice Robert Young, Jr. announced Wednesday he is retiring from the Michigan Supreme Court and will step down by the end of April to return to his former law firm, Dickinson Wright in Detroit.
March 30, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Bridgegate Ends in Prison Sentences for Ex-Christie Aides
Two one-time aides to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie were sentenced to prison Wednesday for their roles in a conspiracy to close down access lanes to the George Washington Bridge in a brazen and bizarre scheme that used the bridge as a means of political payback against a small-town mayor who refused to endorse Christie for re-election in 2013.
March 30, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Gov. Christie's Loyalty to Trump Finally Gets Him a Job in the Administration
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie didn't get tapped for the dream jobs of vice president, attorney general or chief of staff, but he has at last joined the Trump administration to work on a nightmare issue close to his heart.
March 30, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Judge: As Long as Court Battle Continues, So Will Block on Trump's Travel Ban
President Donald Trump was barred Wednesday from enforcing his revised travel ban on six mostly Muslim nations while he defends it in a court battle that will stretch for months, perhaps years.
March 30, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Minimum Wage Increase Struck Down for Miami Beach
Miami Beach's new minimum wage law, which aims to raise the mandatory citywide wage to $13.31 by 2021, was struck down in Miami-Dade circuit court Tuesday, setting the stage for an escalation in the legal showdown between Tallahassee and City Hall.
March 29, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Vermont Seeks to Resist Trump's Immigration Orders While Complying With Them
Vermont pushed back against President Donald Trump’s immigration orders with a new law Tuesday that limits police involvement with the federal government and gives the governor the power to sign off on agreements for officers to do federal immigration duties.
March 29, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New Jersey's Bipartisan Way of Boosting Transportation Funding
It was the calm Gov. Chris Christie who showed up Monday to a Laborers' International Union of North America hall to sign a supplemental bill releasing $400 million for immediate funding to the Department of Transportation for work on New Jersey's roads, bridges and transit.
March 29, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Flint Legal Battle Ends With Michigan Agreeing to Replace Thousands of Water Lines
Three year's after Flint's water supply became contaminated with lead in a crisis that made international headlines, a federal judge today approved a settlement in which the state will pay $87 million for the City of Flint to identify and replace at least 18,000 unsafe water lines by 2020.
March 29, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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States Scramble to Salvage Climate Fight That Trump Abandoned
Donald Trump's plan to bring an abrupt halt to America's crusade against climate change will test California and other states like never before as they seek to wrest control of the nation's energy future from a hostile White House.
March 29, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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