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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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With Obama Leaving, Congressional GOP Moves to Gut D.C.'s Progressive Laws
Congressional Republicans are making an aggressive push to gut the District’s progressive policies, introducing bills in recent days to repeal the heavily Democratic city’s gun-control measures, undo its new law allowing physician-assisted suicide and ban the District from using local tax dollars to provide abortions for poor women.
January 19, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Why Maine's Governor Thinks Civil Rights Leader John Lewis Should Thank White Men
Maine's Republican Gov. Paul LePage said Tuesday that the NAACP should apologize to white America, making the comment just hours after he weighed in on the president-elect's Twitter beef with a black civil rights icon.
January 19, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Alaska Governor: Inaction Has Driven Budget Problems to 'Crisis' Levels
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker made a renewed call for state budget reforms to a new Legislature in his annual State of the State speech Wednesday night, telling lawmakers that "denial doesn't make the problem go away."
January 19, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In State Address, Mississippi Governor Channels Trump and Discusses Fake News
Gov. Phil Bryant in his sixth State-of-the-State Address vowed that “blue lives matter” and taxpayers “are sovereign” and said continued improvements to the state’s troubled foster-care system “will be my top priority.”
January 18, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Nevada Governor Pushes Pot Tax on Legislators
Gov. Brian Sandoval delivered his fourth and final State of the State address Tuesday in Carson City, proposing a two-year $8.1 billion budget to fund workforce development, education, infrastructure and health care.
January 18, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Missouri's New Governor Wants an Ethics Overhaul
Against the backdrop of tight financial times, Missouri’s new governor delivered his first State of the State address Tuesday night, a rundown of GOP-led reforms he says will bring more jobs and business to the Show-Me state.
January 18, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Michigan Mayor Refuses Calls to Resign Over Alleged 'Chimps' and 'Ugly Hag' Comments
A day after recordings were released purporting to be Warren Mayor Jim Fouts denigrating black people and older women, a groundswell of calls for him to resign poured in from Warren residents at a protest outside Warren city hall, politicians who represent the city in county, state and federal government and regional leaders at an annual event in Detroit.
January 18, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas, and 13 Other States, Sue Feds Once More Before Obama Leaves
After Donald Trump won the presidential election, Texas Republicans suggested hopefully that their years-long practice of suing the federal government would finally be over.
January 18, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New Mexico Governor Makes Fixing the Budget Her No. 1 Priority
Gov. Susana Martinez opened the last 60-day legislative session of her tenure on Tuesday by asking New Mexico lawmakers to embrace bipartisan solutions -- as they have in the past, she said -- to shore up the state's flagging budget and promote economic growth.
January 18, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Indiana's New GOP Governor Calls for Tax Hike to Fund Roads
Indiana Gov. Eric J. Holcomb recommended a tax hike to fund roads and bridges, one of his new administration's five pillars he presented during his first State of the State speech Tuesday.
January 18, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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