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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.

Who Said That
[Public] employees shouldn’t have to come to work worried about rodents.
Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson, who called on the city to investigate the “scope of vermin and pest control issues” in City Hall, where employees have found rat droppings and dead rats in the ceiling. Wesson says he has fleas in his office carpet.
February 07, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
At least 50
Major gun control bills already introduced in more than a dozen states this year. Last year, 27 states passed 67 new laws aimed at restricting firearm access.
February 07, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Virginia Scandals Deepen: A GOP Leader Was Editor of Yearbook With Racist Photos and Slurs
A Virginia Military Institute yearbook overseen by future state Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment in 1968 features a host of racist photos and slurs, including blackface.
February 07, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Sunny Key West Bans Sunscreens That Damage Coral Reefs
One of the world's sunniest spots just took a stand on two sunscreen chemicals that scientists have said are hurting the coral reef ecosystem in the Florida Keys.
February 06, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Spanish-Language Rebuttal to SOTU, California AG Vows Legal Action If Trump Declares Emergency to Fund Border Wall
California Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra warned in a national televised address Tuesday that he is prepared to take President Trump to court if he declares a national emergency to fund a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border while cutting federal funds to fire-damaged communities in this state.
February 06, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Virginia AG, Third in Line for Governor, Admits Wearing Blackface in 1980
Virginia's Attorney General, Mark Herring, admitted that he dressed in blackface in 1980 during college, he said Wednesday.
February 06, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
We, as legislators, have a duty to do things to save people’s lives. If we don’t ban cigarettes, we are killing people.
Hawaii state Rep. Richard Creagan, a Democrat, doctor and former smoker, who introduced a bill to incrementally raise the smoking age to 30 in 2020, 40 in 2021, 50 in 2022, 60 in 2023 and 100 in 2024.
February 06, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
No. 1
Corruption ranking for Chicago and Los Angeles, based on the number of federal corruption convictions from 1976 to 2016. Local politicians are currently under investigation for corruption in both cities.
February 06, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
Less than $60,000 a year
Salary for 28 percent of full-time federal employees. Roughly 6 percent make below $40,000.
February 05, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
It doesn’t sound like anything he would do. It doesn’t sound like anything she would lie about.
A person who knows both Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax and the woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2004.
February 05, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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