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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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Fatal Wildfire One 'for the History Books' in Tennessee
Three people were confirmed dead Tuesday after a fire that destroyed more than 150 homes and businesses as flames whipped by high-speed winds raged overnight through town and displaced more than 14,000 residents in an inferno witnesses called unlike any in living memory.
November 30, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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North Carolina Ordered to Hold Special Elections After Redrawing Districts
A federal court Tuesday ordered North Carolina to hold a special legislative election next year after 28 state House and Senate districts are redrawn to comply with a gerrymandering ruling.
November 30, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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How San Francisco's Transit System Warded Off Ransomware Hackers
For all Muni Metro passengers knew, the free rides they were getting Friday night and Saturday were a holiday gift from the transit system. Little did they know Muni was under attack from a hacker trying to squeeze $73,000 in ransom to unlock the agency's computer systems.
November 30, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Oklahoma Governor Apparently Trump's Top Pick for Interior Secretary
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin is emerging as President-elect Donald Trump's leading contender for interior secretary, three people close to Trump's transition team told POLITICO.
November 30, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Price’s Appointment Boosts GOP Plans to Overhaul Medicaid
President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Rep. Tom Price to head the Department of Health and Human Services signals that the new administration is all-in on both efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and restructure Medicare and Medicaid.
November 30, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Missouri Supreme Court Justice Dies
Richard B. Teitelman, Missouri's first legally blind Supreme Court judge, has died.
November 30, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Jill Stein Files New Recount Lawsuits in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Elections Commission agreed Monday to begin a recount of the presidential election on Thursday but was sued by Green Party candidate Jill Stein after the agency declined to require county officials to recount the votes by hand.
November 29, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas Becomes 2nd State With Locally Transmitted Zika Cases
State health officials confirmed Monday what many scientists have long suspected: The Zika virus has been transmitted by a mosquito in Texas.
November 29, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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How a Trump Administration Could Crack Down on Lax State Marijuana Laws
Weed is winning in the polls, with a solid majority of Americans saying marijuana should be legal. But does that mean the federal government will let dozens of state pot experiments play out? Not by a long shot.
November 29, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Wake of Ohio State Knife Attack, Legislature May Allow Guns on College Campuses
As Ohio State University students and faculty dealt with a campus attack today, the Ohio Senate this week could pass a bill that would reduce the penalty from a felony to a misdemeanor for carrying a gun on a college campus.
November 29, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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