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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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Massachusetts High Court Cracks Down on Solitary Confinement
The state’s highest court has ordered safeguards against long-term solitary confinement to prison inmates who are placed in segregation for administrative reasons, such as for their own protection, in a ruling that prisoners’ rights advocates hope will reduce unnecessary isolation of prisoners.
October 25, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California's National Guard Repayment Problem Probably Extends Beyond the State
The California National Guard told the state's members of Congress two years ago that the Pentagon was trying to claw back re-enlistment bonuses from thousands of soldiers, and even offered a proposal to mitigate the problem, but Congress took no action, according to a senior National Guard official.
October 25, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Citing Supreme Court Ruling, Virginia Removes Abortion Restrictions
The Virginia Board of Health voted Monday to scrap hospital-style building codes for all abortion clinics, saying that they were unconstitutional under a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
October 25, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Obamacare Premiums Rise Again, But So Do Subsidies
The cost of health insurance under the Affordable Care Act is expected to rise an average of 22 percent in 2017, according to information released by the Obama administration Monday afternoon.
October 25, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Justice Department Replaces Investigators in Long-Stalled Eric Garner Case
The Justice Department has replaced the New York team of agents and lawyers investigating the death of Eric Garner, officials said, a highly unusual shake-up that could jump-start the long-stalled case and put the government back on track to seek criminal charges.
October 25, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Despite Plea for Leniency, Ex-Pennsylvania AG Kathleen Kane Sentenced to Prison
Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane was sentenced Monday to 10 to 23 months in jail for orchestrating an illegal news leak to damage a political enemy, capping a spectacular downfall for a woman once seen as one of the state's fastest-rising stars.
October 25, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Why There Will Be Fewer Feds Monitoring the Polls This Year
November's presidential election is the first in more than 50 years in which the federal government won't send a full complement of specially trained observers to monitor elections in states, like Mississippi, with long records of discriminatory voting practices.
October 24, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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West Virginia Candidate for Governor Owes Millions in Back Taxes
Jim Justice, a coal billionaire running for West Virginia governor, owes millions in back taxes to some of Appalachia’s most impoverished counties, including one in Kentucky that is struggling to pay the debt on a new rec center and has turned the lights off in its parks and reduced hot meals for senior citizens.
October 24, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New York Negotiates National Settlement to Make Addiction-Fighting Drugs Easier to Get
The health care insurer Cigna has ended its policy of requiring prior authorization before its clients can get medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said Friday.
October 24, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Minneapolis Officers Face No Discipline for Fatal Shooting of Jamar Clark
The two Minneapolis police officers involved in the November 2015 fatal shooting of Jamar Clark will not face discipline because an internal investigation found they did not violate the department's use-of-force policy.
October 24, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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