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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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Los Angeles Ends Experiment Starting School Before Labor Day
The nation's second-largest school system on Tuesday moved away from its brief experiment with an earlier school start, edging back closer to the traditional day-after-Labor Day schedule.
September 21, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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21 States Sue Obama Administration Over New Overtime Rules
Texas is playing the leading role in a double-barreled legal challenge issued by state officials and business groups against the White House's effort to make millions more Americans eligible for overtime pay.
September 21, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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How Sugar Beets Symbolize Innovation in Government
In Karen Thoreson's world, few things are ruled out as a possibility for improving public services.
September 20, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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From Freight Shipping to Farming, California's New Emissions Law Will Impact Many Industries
By targeting so-called super pollutants, California set an ambitious new course Monday in its fight against climate change that will have far-reaching impacts on some of the state's bedrock industries, from freight shipping to dairy farming.
September 20, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Workers Comp Ruling in Oklahoma Jeopardizes Other States' Systems
In the wake of an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision striking down part of that state's workers' compensation law, Texas is now the only state that lets private companies opt out of a state-run system and draw up their own plans to compensate injured workers.
September 20, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Tulsa Police Release Videos of Fatal Shooting of Unarmed Man With Hands in Air
Tulsa Police have released graphic video of the death of Terence Crutcher, a 40-year-old man who was shot and killed by police on Sept. 16, reports Tulsa World.
September 20, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Maryland AG Questions Governor's Authority on School Start Time
Maryland's attorney general believes Gov. Larry Hogan may have exceeded his authority when he issued an executive order this month requiring all public schools to start after Labor Day and finish by June 15.
September 20, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Prosecution and Defense Link Chris Christie to Bridgegate on First Day of Trial
A federal prosecutor told jurors Monday that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie knew about the September 2013 lane closures at the George Washington Bridge while they were underway, and suggested Christie and others not charged in the case could have done more to stop the scheme.
September 20, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Drugmakers Aimed to Kill Laws Meant to Aid Opioid Epidemic
The makers of prescription painkillers have adopted a 50-state strategy that includes hundreds of lobbyists and millions in campaign contributions to help kill or weaken measures aimed at stemming the tide of prescription opioids, the drugs at the heart of a crisis that has cost 165,000 Americans their lives and pushed countless more to crippling addiction.
September 20, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Florida Governor Declares Miami Zika-Free, But CDC Travel Warning Remains
Florida Gov. Rick Scott declared Monday morning during a visit to Wynwood that the artsy Miami neighborhood is Zika-free _ urging visitors to return to the struggling entertainment district even as federal health officials continued to advise that pregnant women and their partners consider postponing "nonessential travel" to all parts of Miami-Dade County.
September 19, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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