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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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Licensing Medical Marijuana Stirs Up Trouble for States
The seven lucky balls that popped out of the Arizona Department of Health Services lottery machine in October produced big winners — not in the state’s Powerball game, but in the competition to make money in the medical marijuana industry.
December 23, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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DNA Testing Limits Overturned by Ohio Supreme Court
The Ohio Supreme Court leveled the playing field for DNA testing in murder cases today by ruling part of state law unconstitutional.
December 22, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Florida Prisons Inspector, Accused of Thwarting Investigations, Resigns
Jeffery Beasley, who was accused of covering up and thwarting investigations into human rights abuses in the Florida prison system, has resigned, the Miami Herald has learned.
December 22, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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DMV Prompts Uber to Put the Brakes on Self-Driving Cars in San Francisco
Uber pulled its self-driving Volvos off the roads in San Francisco on Wednesday, a week after they began picking up passengers, as the Department of Motor Vehicles revoked the cars' registrations.
December 22, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Kansas, Where Republicans and Fiscal Woes Reign, Democrats Made Inroads
Brett Parker, an elementary school teacher and rookie politician, was a Democrat running against a Republican incumbent in a Republican state that the Republican presidential candidate, Donald J. Trump, clinched by 20 percentage points.
December 22, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Chicago Mayor, a Former Obama Aide, Admits to Using Personal Email for Public Business
Under pressure from a pair of open records lawsuits, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that he has used personal email accounts to conduct public business, a practice that allowed him to hide some of his government correspondence from the public since he took office.
December 22, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Will Congress Let D.C. Become the 6th Place in America to Legalize Assisted Suicide?
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser on Tuesday signed a bill that would allow doctors to prescribe life-ending medication to terminally ill patients.
December 22, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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North Carolina Lawmakers Adjourn Without Repealing Transgender Bathroom Law
The North Carolina Senate voted down a repeal of House Bill 2 and adjourned Wednesday after a day of increasingly partisan rancor that pitted conservative Republicans against the Charlotte they so distrust.
December 22, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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What Government Workers and Managers Should Be Paying Attention to in 2017
According to union officials and HR executives around the country.
December 20, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Cursive Among Biggest Changes in Arizona's Common Core Replacement
The Arizona State Board of Education voted to adopt revisions to its Common Core-based K-12 math and reading learning standards Monday.
December 20, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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