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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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North Carolina Governor Signs Bill Limiting His Successor's Power
North Carolina legislators wrapped up their work Friday on a pair of proposals that would deprive the incoming governor of a substantial part of his authority to make appointments and reduce Democrats' power over election regulation. Gov. Pat McCrory signed into law the bill dealing with elections a short time later.
December 19, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Missouri Prisons Chief Out After Staff Reports of Harassment and Retaliation
In the wake of reports exposing a culture of harassment and retaliation in Missouri's prisons, the director of the agency sent a resignation letter to agency employees Thursday.
December 16, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Feds Sue Another Michigan City for Refusing Mosque Permits
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the city of Sterling Heights claiming the Detroit suburb was biased against Muslims when it shot down a plan to build a mosque there last year.
December 16, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Obama Declares Tennessee Wildfires a Disaster Worthy of Federal Help
President Barack Obama signed a disaster declaration Thursday, ordering federal funds be made available to victims of the fires that killed 14 and damaged or destroyed more than 2,400 structures in Gatlinburg and the surrounding Sevier County communities.
December 16, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Rare Move, Ex-Milwaukee Cop Charged With Homicide
Former Milwaukee police officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown was charged Thursday with first-degree reckless homicide in the fatal on-duty shooting of Sylville Smith, which sparked riots in Sherman Park in August.
December 15, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump's Infrastructure Strategy Has Produced Uneven Results in States
In late-October, before a restless crowd in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Republican-elect Donald Trump laid out the closing argument of his campaign.
December 15, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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To Combat Trump, Democratic AGs Ready a GOP Tactic: Lawsuits
One attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, is already investigating Donald J. Trump over possible violations of New York State law at his charity foundation.
December 15, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Louisiana's Governor Banned LGBT Discrimination in State Government. Then a Judge Said He Can't.
Gov. John Bel Edwards overstepped his authority in an order requiring state agencies and private companies contracting for state work to not discriminate against lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people in the workplace, a district judge in Baton Rouge ruled Wednesday morning.
December 15, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After Rare November Win, Democrats' Power Under North Carolina GOP's Attack
No honeymoon, then.
December 15, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Uber Debuts Driverless Cars in San Francisco -- Without a Permit
Uber is acting illegally by operating self-driving cars in San Francisco and "must cease" until it gets a permit, according to a strongly worded letter sent by California's Department of Motor Vehicles on Wednesday.
December 15, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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