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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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Court: Philadelphia Can't Ban Advocacy Ads at the Airport
Philadelphia's ban on non-commercial advertisements at the city's airport, sparked by a rejected billboard calling for prison reform, is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled in a decision published Tuesday.
August 24, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Scientists: Zika Threat in Southern U.S. Should End by Winter
Just under 400 people will be infected with the Zika virus by mosquitoes in Florida by mid-September, and about 80 of them will develop symptoms, according to projections developed by an international team of scientists from the University of Florida and half a dozen other research institutions.
August 24, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Seattle Gets Its First Cabinet-Level Director of Homelessness
Mayor Ed Murray has hired Seattle's first-ever cabinet-level director of homelessness, he said Tuesday.
August 24, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Lead Pollution Closes a Public Housing Complex and a Newly Built School in Indiana
About once a week for much of 2015, Kamia Edwards’ son was too sick to go to school.
August 24, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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5 States Sue U.S. Over Obamacare Protections for Transgender Patients
Ramping up its fight over the rights of transgender people, Texas filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the federal government over a regulation prohibiting discrimination against transgender individuals in some health programs.
August 24, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Virginia Governor Restores 13,000 Felons' Voting Rights, This Time One by One
Individual orders have gone out re-restoring voting rights for some 13,000 former felons in Virginia, Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Monday.
August 23, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Amid Florida's Fight for Federal Zika Help, Florida Officials Fight Each Other
On his third visit to Miami since the nation's first outbreak of Zika, Gov. Rick Scott on Monday once again asked Washington for more help fighting the infectious disease -- even as he fended off accusations that he's not disclosing new cases quickly enough.
August 23, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Despite California's Strict Law, Thousands Start School Unvaccinated
While a new state law requires children to be vaccinated to attend public or private school, thousands of California students are filing into classrooms this month without the required immunizations.
August 23, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Michigan State Police Lab Mishandled 4,000+ Alcohol Tests
More than 4,000 items in alcohol-related cases across the state were analyzed incorrectly by Michigan State Police's Forensic Science Division, officials said today.
August 23, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Video Release of Milwaukee Police Shooting Delayed
Body camera footage of a fatal police shooting that sparked unrest in Milwaukee's Sherman Park neighborhood will not be released until the Milwaukee County district attorney makes a charging decision, Attorney General Brad Schimel said Monday.
August 23, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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