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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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Ruling Protects Governments' Right to Hide Public Records in New Jersey
A New Jersey appeals court on Wednesday ruled that government agencies may "neither confirm nor deny" the existence of records in response to requests for information by the public, delivering a blow to citizens and news organizations wary of more secretive government.
September 01, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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U.S. Supreme Court Denies North Carolina's Voter ID Appeal
The Supreme Court on Wednesday turned away an emergency appeal from North Carolina's Republican leaders, who were hoping to reinstate new voting rules that were struck down in July as racially biased.
September 01, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ohio's Good Samaritan law protecting people from legal liability for rendering aid applies to anyone who provides assistance -- medical or otherwise -- at the scene of an emergency, the Ohio Supreme Court declared today.
August 31, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Florida Declares State of Emergency as Tropical Storm Hermine Nears
Tropical Storm Hermine will bring heavy rain and gusty winds to Central Florida through Friday as the storm continues to strengthen and shift to the northeast.
August 31, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Opponent's Dropout Makes Melissa Nelson Florida's New AG
State attorney candidate Kenny Leigh is withdrawing from the November general election, he told The Florida Times-Union on Wednesday, assuring Melissa Nelson will be Jacksonville's new elected prosecutor.
August 31, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Feds Give States $53M to Fight Opioid Epidemic
Today, on International Overdose Awareness Day, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is announcing $53 million in funding to 44 states, four tribes and Washington, D.C., to improve access to treatment for opioid use disorders, reduce opioid related deaths and strengthen drug misuse prevention efforts.
August 31, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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NLRB: Charter Schools Are Private Corporations, Not Public Schools
The National Labor Relations Board decided in two separate cases last week that — as far as federal labor law is concerned — charter schools are not public schools but private corporations.
August 31, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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A Week After Kane's Resignation, Pennsylvania Swears In New AG
The state Senate made a rare summer return to the Capitol Tuesday, voting to confirm a former top state prosecutor to replace the convicted Kathleen G. Kane as attorney general.
August 31, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Wind Farm Wins Final Approval to Help Iowa Go 100% Renewable
The Iowa Utilities Board has given MidAmerican Energy the green light for the utility's plans for a $3.6 billion wind energy investment, the largest renewable energy project in the state.
August 31, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Anti-Immigration Sheriff Arpaio Easily Wins Primary
When the Republican presidential ticket pivoted to focus on illegal immigration this summer, Donald Trump pointed to the man who has come to embody the muscular enforcement approach of the 2000s _ massive immigration raids, unremitting warnings about the dangers posed by illegal immigrants and bold public pronouncements about enforcing the rule of law.
August 31, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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