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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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New Jersey Becomes First State to Bring 'Baby Boxes' to America
An innovative program to improve infant mortality rates and allow new parents and their babies to get some much-needed sleep will soon launch in New Jersey.
January 26, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Chicago Mayor on Trump's Tweet: Federal Help Welcome. National Guard? No Way.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday welcomed federal assistance to help stem the city's violence but rejected the idea of the National Guard patrolling Chicago as "antithetical" to the trust he's trying to build in law enforcement.
January 26, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Biggest Immigrant 'Sanctuary Cities' Vow to Resist Trump's Order
From New York and Boston to Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco, officials representing the country's largest so-called "sanctuary cities" denounced President Donald Trump's "crackdown" on communities that shield undocumented immigrants from deportation.
January 26, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump Signs Order to Defund Immigrant 'Sanctuary Cities'
President Donald Trump directed federal workers Wednesday to start building a border wall and begin punishing so-called sanctuary cities.
January 25, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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When Employees Quit, the Public Sector Panics
Few governments have succession plans in place. The ones that do are seeing some positive results.
January 25, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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South Carolina Lawmaker Resigns After Being Slapped With Domestic Violence Charges
Rep. Chris Corley, indicted on criminal domestic violence charges for beating his wife, resigned from his seat Tuesday as a resolution that called for his expulsion was about to hit the floor.
January 25, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Everything You Need to Know About Block Grants, the Heart of GOP’s Medicaid Plans
President Donald Trump’s administration made explicit this weekend its commitment to an old GOP strategy for managing Medicaid, the federal-state insurance plan that covers low-income people — turning control of the program to states and capping what the federal government spends on it each year.
January 25, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Massachusetts Governor Talks Education, Mental Hospital Reforms in Annual Speech
Gov. Charlie Baker announced in his State of the Commonwealth address Tuesday night that he will be looking to the Springfield schools as a model for how to assist struggling schools around the state.
January 25, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In State Address, California Governor Stands Defiant to Trump Administration
By the time his brief but blustery State of the State speech ended on Tuesday, it was clear that California Gov. Jerry Brown had offered his most sweeping rebuke to date of President Donald Trump and the new leadership of Congress.
January 25, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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If Chicago Violence Continues, Trump Threatens to 'Send in the Feds!'
President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday night about Chicago's violence, saying he will "send in the Feds!" if the city "doesn't fix the horrible 'carnage' going on."
January 25, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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