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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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Santa Claus Banned From Many Classrooms in Oregon
Teachers and staff in the Hillsboro School District will have to come up with something a little extra creative this year if they want to decorate their rooms for the holidays. That's because, according to a memo sent to staff and shared by KATU, Santa Claus is off the decoration menu.
December 05, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Oakland Warehouse Fire: As Death Toll Rises, Investigations Begin
The death toll from a fire that tore through an electronic music show in Oakland soared to 33 on Sunday, and criminal investigators are looking into how a warehouse that allegedly had been converted into an artistic and performance space without permits could have become such a death trap.
December 05, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kansas Secretary of State Echoes Trump's Unsupported Claim of Voter Fraud
The top election official in Kansas asserted without evidence that millions of noncitizens voted in the presidential election moments after he certified the state's election results on Wednesday.
December 01, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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North Carolina Gov. McCrory Gets His Recount
The State Board of Elections voted 3-2 along party lines Wednesday to order a machine recount of 90,000 votes in Durham County, backing a request from Republicans and North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory's campaign.
December 01, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Feds Give Local Agencies 18 Months to Ban Smoking in Public Housing
Smoking is to be prohibited in federally subsidized public housing nationwide as soon as early next year under a rule announced Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
December 01, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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From Police Chief to Newscaster: David Brown Gets a Retirement Gig
Retired Dallas Police Chief David Brown has a new job.
December 01, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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How a Small But Growing Group of Electors Hopes to Stop Trump
A longshot campaign to block Donald Trump from the presidency using the Electoral College has added another renegade elector from Washington state, the group announced at the Capitol in Olympia on Wednesday.
December 01, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Supreme Court Appears Divided Over Key Immigration Case
The Supreme Court justices gave a mostly skeptical hearing Wednesday to a Los Angeles lawyer who argued for limits on the government's power to indefinitely jail immigrants facing deportation because of crimes they've committed.
December 01, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Pipeline Protest Arrests Overwhelm North Dakota's Courts
The hundreds of arrests during the months of protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota have created an unprecedented burden for the state's court system, which faces huge cost overruns and doesn't have enough judges, lawyers and clerks to handle the workload.
December 01, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Wisconsin Recount Won't Be Happening by Hand
Green Party candidate Jill Stein paid $3.5 million Tuesday to clear the way for Wisconsin's presidential vote recount but had a judge reject her lawsuit to require all Wisconsin counties to do the recount by hand.
November 30, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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