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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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Virginia Lt. Gov., Who Would Be Governor If Northam Resigns, Denies Sexual Assault Allegations
Lt. Gov Justin Fairfax denied a report Monday that he sexually assaulted a woman in 2004.
February 04, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Gerrymandering Case Heads to Trial After Court Rejects Michigan Secretary of State's Settlement
A federal three-judge panel on Friday rejected Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson's proposed consent decree to end a gerrymandering lawsuit brought by the Michigan League of Women Voters.
February 04, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
The photo of Ralph Northam’s yearbook that surfaced yesterday is both racist and inexcusable. It is time for Gov. Northam to step aside and allow Virginia to move forward.
Statement from the Democratic Governors Association, referring to a photo on the Virginia governor's medical school yearbook page with one person dressed in blackface and another as a member of the Ku Klux Klan. After initially apologizing for appearing in the photo, Northam backtracked and said he does not believe he is one of the people in it. He has since refused to resign.
February 04, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
11 a day
Units removed from the rental market in Los Angeles because of home-sharing companies like Airbnb, according to a 2015 study by the Alliance for a New Economy. That's more than 4,000 a year.
February 04, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
To see a company that already has billions in profit every year is getting a tax break three times the increase they're giving education -- it's just an absolute slap in the face.
Ashley Nelson, one of the thousands of teachers who rallied at the Virginia Capitol last week for more education funding. Inside the Capitol that day, the state House approved a tax incentives deal for Amazon to move its headquarters to Northern Virginia.
February 01, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$225,000
Legal fees and court costs Kim Davis incurred after she was sued for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Kentucky GOP Gov. Matt Bevin, who has praised the county clerk as "an inspiration," says she should be responsible for paying them -- not the state.
February 01, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
273,000
Children who are U.S. citizens and have parents at risk of being deported if their Temporary Protected Status is revoked in the next year as planned by the Trump administration. TPS provides legal protections for immigrants from countries and regions suffering from political violence or natural disaster.
January 31, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
We're sending messages to our young people that if life is hard, you can curl up in the fetal position somewhere in a warm place and just wait until it stops being hard, and that isn't reality.
Kentucky Republican Gov. Matt Bevin, who said that America "is getting soft" in response to schools being cancelled for the polar vortex, which has killed at least eight people nationwide and brought temperatures 45 degrees below zero.
January 31, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
This is what I am meant to do and this is where I want to be. ... I didn't have a burning desire that I had to be president at all costs.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, announcing that he will not run for president in 2020.
January 30, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
92%
Proposed tax on e-cigarettes backed by Republican Gov. Phil Scott of Vermont.
January 30, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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