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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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Maryland Ruling Creates Double Barrier Against Trump's Travel Ban
Maryland U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang ruled Thursday against President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, establishing a double barrier preventing the policy from going into effect.
March 17, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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On Hold for 30 Minutes? T-Mobile, Dallas Working to Fix Fatal 911 Errors
T-Mobile engineers and city officials said Thursday they've made "significant progress" in figuring out why the Dallas 911 call center has been so bogged down by spurious calls.
March 17, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Oklahoma Lawmaker Arrested on Child Prostitution Charges
A conservative state senator who once wanted to be a missionary was accused Thursday in a child prostitution case of offering to pay a 17-year-old boy for sex.
March 17, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Justice Asks ICE to Stop 'Stalking' Immigrants in Courthouses
California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye asked the Trump administration on Thursday to stop immigration agents from “stalking” California’s courthouses to make arrests.
March 17, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Miami Schools Join Districts Pledging to Be Safe Havens for Immigrants
Miami-Dade school leaders reaffirmed their support for undocumented students Wednesday, joining a growing number of school districts nationwide that have publicly designated schools a safe zone in the face of more aggressive immigration enforcement policies under the Trump administration.
March 16, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Readies for a Fight With Feds Over Auto Emissions
President Donald Trump directed the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday to shelve aggressive vehicle fuel economy targets that have been a foundation for battles against climate change and harmful pollution in California and across the country.
March 16, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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CBO: Defunding Planned Parenthood Will Lead to Thousands More Medicaid Births
A congressional plan to make Planned Parenthood ineligible for federal funding would leave many women without services to help them avoid pregnancy, resulting in thousands of additional births, according to a new federal budget analysis.
March 16, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas Sues Energy Department, Led by Ex-Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Over Nuclear Waste
Even though Donald Trump occupies the White House, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton isn't done with the lawsuits.
March 16, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump Vows to Take Travel Ban to Supreme Court After Judge Blocks It
A federal judge in Hawaii on Wednesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's travel ban against citizens from six Muslim-majority nations just hours before it was due to go into effect.
March 16, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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What Do States Owe People Who Are Wrongfully Convicted?
In April 2000, 23-year-old Floyd Bledsoe sat in an Oskaloosa, Kansas, courtroom awaiting the verdict in his first-degree murder trial in the death of his 14-year-old sister-in-law, Zetta “Camille” Arfmann.
March 15, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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