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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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Sex Offender Ruling May 'Send a Signal to States'
A federal appeals court in St. Louis has declared that Minnesota's sex offender treatment program is constitutional -- handing a major victory to the state but potentially derailing long-awaited reforms to its system of indefinite detention for sex offenders.
January 04, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After Losing One of Their Own to Corruption, Pennsylvania House Revises Ethics Rules
The Pennsylvania House on Tuesday made it possible to more quickly expel members who are convicted of certain crimes.
January 04, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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The FDA Seized Drugs From Texas. Now the State Is Suing.
Texas on Tuesday sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for what it says is an "unreasonable delay" in deciding whether to allow the delivery of execution drugs from India.
January 04, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Shumlin Gives Going-Away Pardons to Hundreds of Pot Convicts
Nearly 200 people had minor marijuana convictions wiped from their records Tuesday when Gov. Peter Shumlin issued pardons to those whom he said were still facing stigma and “very real struggles” that often accompany drug convictions.
January 04, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Renewable Energy Requirements Get a Lifeline From Kasich
Gov. John Kasich has vetoed a bill that would weaken the state's clean-energy standards, saying that the measure "amounts to self-inflicted damage to both our state's near- and long-term economic competitiveness."
January 04, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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With Bernie by His Side, New York Governor Proposes Free Tuition Plan
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Tuesday proposed free state college tuition assistance to ease the burden of paying for higher education for hundreds of thousands of low- and middle-income students.
January 04, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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On Banning Guns in State Parks, Court Comes to Delaware's Defense
A Delaware Superior Court judge upheld a ban on carrying firearms in state parks and forests for purposes other than hunting.
January 04, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California's New Legal Weapon Against Trump: Eric Holder
Girding for four years of potential battles with President-elect Donald J. Trump, Democratic leaders of the California Legislature announced Wednesday that they had hired Eric H. Holder Jr., who was attorney general under President Obama, to represent them in any legal fights against the new Republican White House.
January 04, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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For States Seeking Medicaid Work Requirements, Montana May Be a Model
Montana State Senator Ed Buttrey is a no-nonsense businessman from Great Falls. Like a lot of Republicans, he’s not a fan of the Affordable Care Act, nor its expansion of Medicaid, the health insurance for the poor and disabled.
January 04, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Transgender Patients May Suffer After Texas Judge Blocks Obama's Policy
A federal judge in Texas has blocked national regulations aimed at protecting transgender people from discrimination in health care, a move that opponents of the measures are celebrating as protecting doctors' religious beliefs.
January 03, 2017
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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