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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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Hawaii GOP Ousts Its House Leader for Criticizing Trump
Republicans in the Hawaii House of Representatives on Wednesday ousted minority leader Rep. Beth Fukumoto over her criticism of President Donald Trump, including calling him a bully at last month's Women's March in Honolulu.
February 03, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Advice for States, From a Moody's Analyst, on Preparing for the Next Recession
Most recessions, he said, are self-inflicted.
February 02, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Live From SXSW 2017: Where Mayors Meet Innovation
For the first time ever, the annual conference is focusing on finding private solutions to public problems. We're reporting straight from the scene.
February 02, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Pence's Home State, Republicans Want to Keep Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion
As Congress weighs repeal of the Affordable Care Act, the home state of Vice President Mike Pence Tuesday sought to keep its conservative-style Medicaid expansion under the federal health law.
February 02, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump Threatens UC Berkeley's Funding for Canceling Breitbart Editor's Appearance
President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw federal funding from the University of California at Berkeley over its decision to cancel an event at which Breitbart writer Milo Yiannopoulos.
February 02, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas Cuts Funding to Travis County, an Immigrant Sanctuary
Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday made good on a promise to cut off state grant funding for Travis County criminal justice programs over Sheriff Sally Hernandez's new policy of refusing to cooperate with all federal immigration detainers.
February 02, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ohio Becomes 2nd State to Build a Trauma Recovery Network for Violence Victims
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is awarding $2.6 million to create a network of five trauma recovery centers aimed at helping victims of violence recover and access the services they need.
February 02, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas Mayor Comes Out as Transgender
As the mayor of a tiny McKinney suburb, Jess Herbst imagined the worst after she came out as a transgender woman at this week's council meeting.
February 02, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In State of the State, Maryland Governor Stays Silent About Trump
In his third State of the State address, Republican Gov. Larry Hogan spoke of a need for bipartisanship in Annapolis and pressed the Democratic-controlled General Assembly to approve his most ambitious legislative agenda yet.
February 02, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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To Protest Trump, Delaware Prisoners Hold Employees Hostage
Inmates at the largest state prison for men in Delaware took four corrections department workers and fellow prisoners hostage Wednesday in a stand-off with authorities that had yet to be resolved more than 20 hours later on Thursday morning, forcing prisons across the state to enter lockdown.
February 02, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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