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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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Trump Victory Boosts Gov. Christie's Troubled Political Career
Overnight, it seemed, Gov. Christie's fortunes reversed.
November 10, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Millions Could Lose Medicaid Under Trump Plan
Millions of low-income Americans on Medicaid could lose their health coverage if President-elect Donald Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress follow through on GOP proposals to cut spending in the state-federal insurance program.
November 10, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Nation's First Somali-American Legislator Elected in Minnesota
Ilhan Omar made history Tuesday night as the nation's first Somali-American legislator, with a commanding win in a state House race.
November 10, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump's Win Sparks Protests in Cities Across the Nation
Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election sparked protests across the nation Wednesday, with crowds marching through city streets, rallying at college campuses and staging walkouts at schools in an open disavowal of the president-elect.
November 10, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Republicans Make Gains in Governors' Races
With one election likely headed for a recount, Democrats have lost power in three states, including traditionally blue Vermont.
November 09, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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How to Persuade the Public to Care About Other People's Problems
A communications expert reveals the most effective ways, and the results may surprise you.
November 08, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Attempt to Boost Turnout, Maine GOP Stirs Voter-Fraud Fears
Republican officials in Maine warned voters to “come out to vote in order to secure their ballot from misuse.”
November 08, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Christie Breaks His Silence on the Bridgegate Verdict
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says a federal jury's conviction Friday of two former aides in a political payback scheme involving the George Washington Bridge does not reflect poorly on him and confirms what he thought when the scandal erupted in January 2014.
November 08, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Feds Have Fewer Poll Monitors, But They'll Be More Spread Out
The Justice Department will deploy 500 personnel to polling stations on Election Day to help protect voters against discrimination and intimidation, down from 2012 as the result of a Supreme Court ruling that gutted part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
November 08, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Colorado Poised to Make History With Latinas in Charge of Legislature
In January, Lucia Guzman hopes to do what she's done each of the last three times she's been elected to the Colorado Senate.
November 08, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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