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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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Completed Wisconsin Recount Widens Trump's Lead
Wisconsin's historic presidential recount ended Monday resulting in a net gain of 131 votes for President-elect Donald Trump over Democrat Hillary Clinton, the Wisconsin Elections Commission said.
December 13, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Colorado Electors Lose Legal Attempt to Stop Trump
A federal judge dealt a severe setback Monday to a longshot plan to deny Donald Trump the presidency through the Electoral College, refusing to suspend a Colorado law requiring the state's nine electors to vote for the presidential candidate who won the state in November.
December 13, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Rejected by Voters (and Maybe Trump), Christie's in Retreat
Gov. Christie may have picked a winner, but he isn't acting like one lately.
December 12, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Rick Perry a Top Pick for Energy Secretary, Sources Say
Rick Perry is a leading finalist to become secretary of energy in President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet, sources close to the former Texas governor said Sunday.
December 12, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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No Money, No Mercy: The Business of Diversion Programs
During the tough financial times of 2011, Marcy Willis, a single mother who raised five children in Atlanta, used her credit card to rent a car for an acquaintance in exchange for cash. But the man — and the car — disappeared, she said. Four months later, when Ms. Willis finally recovered the car and returned it, she was charged with felony theft.
December 12, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Same-Sex Couples Lose Birth-Certificate Battle in Arkansas
Arkansas' highest court has thrown out a judge's ruling that could have allowed married same-sex couples to get the names of both spouses on their children's birth certificates without a court order.
December 12, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Newborn Screenings and the Price of Being Wrong
Everyone in the courtroom could agree on this: If the acid in Mel Russell’s blood had been a minuscule amount higher, the little boy’s condition would have been caught before he suffered brain damage.
December 12, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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FBI Warned Illinois GOP of Hackers in June
The FBI notified the Illinois Republican Party in June that some of its email accounts may have been hacked, but party officials were not told that it was part of a wide-ranging federal investigation of Russian activity in the nation's political system, the state GOP's executive director said Sunday.
December 12, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Undocumented Immigrants Can't Be Denied Bail, Rules Missouri Supreme Court
In a unanimous decision issued Thursday, the Missouri Supreme Court deemed a state law barring undocumented immigrants from being granted bail to be unconstitutional.
December 09, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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The New Strategy for Raising (and Protecting) Money for Kids
Advocates are hoping to replicate the success they had at the ballot box this year.
December 09, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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