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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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4 students
The expected drop in class sizes, over the course of three school years, agreed upon by Los Angeles teachers, who ended their strike on Tuesday. Their new contract also includes a pay raise and promises for more counselors, librarians and nurses.
January 23, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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26%
Proportion of traffic deaths related to speeding, which has remained steady since 2000. Meanwhile, many states have been raising speed limits.
January 22, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
The idea that a state could cover that [federal food stamps] gap with state funding is a really daunting idea and probably not possible.
Ann Flagg, director of the Center for Child and Family Well-Being at the American Public Human Services Association, on what will happen when -- because of the government shutdown -- states are suddenly on the hook for funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which normally costs $4 billion a month.
January 22, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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$400,000 a day
Revenue loss that the D.C. Metro is suffering during the federal government shutdown. The transit system may consider "staffing and service adjustments."
January 18, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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If the court accepted defendants' argument, it would mean that a legislative body could evade an injunction simply by reenacting an identical law and giving it a new number.
U.S. District Judge James Peterson, in a ruling last week against the early voting restrictions passed by Wisconsin Republicans during the lame-duck session.
January 18, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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66%
"Yes" vote that would be needed to approve future ballot measures under bills being considered in Florida and Missouri. Ohio is similarly considering raising the bar to 60 percent.
January 17, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Please budget for buying food wisely! Additional benefits cannot be added for future months until the shutdown is resolved.
SNAP flier in North Carolina, where more than 840,000 people receive food stamps and will get their February benefits early this month.
January 17, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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The state has placed a thumb on the scale for a pro-Confederacy message, and the people, acting through their city, will never be able to disassociate themselves from that message entirely.
Ruling from Judge Michael Graffeo, who concluded that the city of Birmingham did not violate state law when it covered up a Confederate monument with plywood. The Alabama Memorial Preservation Act, which Graffeo ruled has no legal authority, bans local governments from moving historical monuments that have been on public property for at least four decades.
January 16, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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$5,000
Amount that the city of Denver will pay toward a person's mortgage if they have "experienced an income reduction due to involuntary employment change" and were making below 120 percent of the area's median income. Federal workers who are not receiving paychecks because of the shutdown can apply for this new offer.
January 16, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Do we want to treat them like humans? No, but we don’t want the pet considered like the couch either.
Rhode Island state Rep. Charlene Lima, who introduced a bill that would incorporate pet custody into divorce laws.
January 15, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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