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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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Federal Court Blocks New Jersey's Attempt to Legalize Sports Betting
Sports betting fans in New Jersey may have finally run out of luck.
August 10, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Justice Department Details Baltimore Police's Routine Targeting of Black People
Baltimore police routinely violated the constitutional rights of residents by conducting unlawful stops and using excessive force, according to the findings of a long-anticipated Justice Department probe to be released Wednesday.
August 10, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Despite 2-Year-Old Law, Ohio Not Covering Anti-HIV Drugs for Assault Victims
Nurses and doctors lobbied the state to help cover the cost of a cocktail of drugs that can protect sexual assault victims from contracting HIV.
August 10, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Can a Judge Run for Office and Rule on Voter ID?
The judge overseeing North Carolina's state-level voter ID case opened court Tuesday by reading an unusual four-minute soliloquy into the court record in response to a Raleigh think tank questioning whether he should continue to preside over the trial.
August 10, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Over Residents' Objections, North Dakota Lets Oil Companies Dump Radioactive Waste
Some 50 citizens made a valiant effort Tuesday to get the State Health Council to turn back rules permitting radioactive waste disposal in North Dakota, but the council held to the approval it gave a year ago at an illegal meeting.
August 10, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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The Latest Vermont Primary Results
The 2016 race for governor of Vermont will feature Democrat Sue Minter versus Republican Phil Scott. Meanwhile Democrat David Zuckerman will face Republican Randy Brock for lieutenant governor.
August 10, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Judge Rejects Ex-Gov. Blagojevich's Plea for Shorter Prison Sentence
A federal judge imposed the same 14-year prison sentence on Rod Blagojevich despite pleas for mercy from the former governor, his wife and two daughters.
August 09, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Loser in Illinois Primary Files Federal Lawsuit
The political newcomer who failed to unseat House Speaker Michael Madigan in the March primary filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging a litany of misdeeds by the powerful Democrat, his political organizations, other candidates in the race and an unrelated state agency.
August 09, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Portland Schools Prioritized Panic Prevention Over Labeling Lead-Tainted Sinks
Portland Public Schools officials knew water from district's sinks was unsafe for drinking, but declined to place explicit warnings on the fixtures as early as 2012 because they worried people might panic.
August 09, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Alabama Judge Who Refused to Enforce Gay Marriage Ruling Will Go on Trial
Suspended Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore will go on trial next month on judicial ethics charges after the Alabama Court of the Judiciary late Monday issued an order that denied Moore's request to dismiss the charges.
August 09, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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