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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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13 Months After Fatally Shooting Unarmed Teen, South Carolina Cop Fired
A police officer who wasn’t charged in the shooting death of an unarmed South Carolina teen more than a year ago is now being fired from the force.
September 07, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Arizona AG: Guns Are Allowed at Private Schools
Arizona's private elementary, middle and high schools can allow guns on campus, according to a new Arizona Attorney General's Office opinion.
September 07, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Congress Rejects Zika Funding, Again, But Hopes of Compromise Aren't Dead
Back from a seven-week break, the U.S. Senate failed for the third time Tuesday to pass a bill that would provide funding for Zika research and prevention.
September 07, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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The States With the Biggest Obamacare Woes Spent Years Undermining the Law
As insurers exit Obamacare marketplaces across the country, critics of the Affordable Care Act have redoubled claims that the health law isn’t working.
September 07, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After Years of Cuts, States Renew Support for Public TV
State legislators’ support for public television is strengthening after nearly a decade of deep spending cuts and sharp ideological opposition from some lawmakers to the very idea of taxpayer-supported TV.
September 06, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas Stops Helping Poor Families Pay Their Electric Bills
Texas will no longer help low-income families pay their electric bills. Lite-Up Texas, a program that offered discounts to hundreds of thousands of poor Texas families over the years, has run out of money and the discounts ended on Aug. 31, the Public Utility Commission confirmed.
September 06, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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3 Courts Slap Florida for Refusing to Help Disabled People
Since turning 3, Marco Tapie has never gone more than a few days without a seizure; savage, sustained, unceasing seizures that sometimes left him bruised and bloodied.
September 06, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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The Federal Emergency Funds Louisiana Isn't Getting
Fifteen miles outside of Baton Rouge, on a road washed out by the flooding that submerged a nearby highway, Robert Formeller is rebuilding his property, or trying to.
September 06, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Bridgegate Trial Presents a Complex Case for Prosecutors
When the defendants enter the courtroom this month for the start of the Bridgegate trial, the odds will be stacked against them.
September 06, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump Dismisses Questions About Improper Gift to Florida AG
Donald Trump on Monday dismissed questions about his failure to disclose an improper $25,000 contribution in 2013 to a political group connected to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who was at the time considering whether to open a fraud investigation against Trump University.
September 06, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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