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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.

Who Said That
Life in prison isn't a life. This isn't living, man. It's just surviving.
Scott Dozier, a death-row inmate in Nevada, a few months before he was found hanging in his cell over the weekend. His execution requests were repeatedly blocked, most recently by a lawsuit from the drug manufacturer whose products would have been used to kill him.
January 08, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
83 per 10,000
Average monthly rate of teachers and other public education employees quitting their job in the first 10 months of 2018, which is the highest rate on record.
January 08, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
What's out there is darkness. Uncertainty. Decline and recession. So good luck, baby!
Now former California Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, after releasing his final budget last year. On Monday, Gavin Newsom was sworn in as Brown's successor.
January 07, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
1998
Last time South Dakota lawmakers received a pay raise -- until this year when their pay nearly doubled from $6,000 to $11,300.
January 07, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
California Gov.-Elect Takes Office Facing High Expectations and Dangers of Not Meeting Them
Within an hour of being elected California's 40th governor, Gavin Newsom cast the occasion as not just a win, but also a watershed.
January 07, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Sexual Harassment in the Florida Senate: Aide Agrees to Resign With $900,000 Settlement
The Florida Senate paid $900,000 to settle a complaint filed by a high-ranking staffer who alleged she was retaliated against for accusing a former senator of sexual harassment, according to documents released by the Senate President Thursday. As part of the agreement, the aide, Rachel Perrin Rogers, is resigning.
January 07, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Alabama Pension Fund Becomes Sole Owner of Local U.S. Newspaper Chain
Alabama’s employee pension fund, with nearly 360,000 members and some $44 billion in managed assets, has become sole owner of one of the largest chains of local U.S. newspapers, the company said Thursday.
January 07, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Mudslide Closes Part of Pacific Coast Highway
A stretch of Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu will remain closed until Monday as crews continue to clean up mud and debris from the highway after a winter storm moved through the area, triggering a mudslide and prompting flash flood warnings overnight in burn areas in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
January 07, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Dads Who Change Diapers in Public Get Help From New York Law
Change is coming to men's restrooms in New York -- and it's going to be a big help to fathers all over the state.
January 07, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
'PARCC Isn't Working': Standardized Testing to Be Overhauled in New Mexico
On her third day as governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that New Mexico will drop the oft-maligned PARCC exam after the current school year -- if not sooner.
January 07, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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