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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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Under Court Order, Texas Weakens Voter ID Law for November
Texas struck a deal Wednesday that will soften its voter ID law for the November general election — a development that lawyers suing the state say will make it easier for minorities to cast their ballots.
August 04, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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On Transgender Bathrooms, U.S. Supreme Court Temporarily Rules in Favor of Restrictions
The Supreme Court intervened for the first time Wednesday in the controversy over transgender rights and blocked a lower court ruling that would have allowed a transgender boy to use the high school restroom that fits his "gender identity."
August 04, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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D.C. Transit Cop Arrested for Allegedly Aiding ISIS
For seven years, while Nicholas Young patrolled the Washington area’s Metro system as a transit police officer, other law enforcement agents were watching him.
August 04, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ex-Navy SEAL Coasts to GOP Primary Win in Missouri Governor's Race
Eric Greitens, the Maryland Heights native who turned his service with the elite Navy SEALs into a national brand and, then, into his debut political campaign, emerged from a bruising four-way primary Tuesday as Missouri's Republican nominee for governor.
August 03, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Businessman Bill Bryant to Face Off Washington Governor in November
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee will face Republican Bill Bryant in the general election after the favored candidates of both major parties easily outdistanced other candidates in a crowded gubernatorial field.
August 03, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Highway Projects Come to a Halt in Hawaii
Gov. David Ige's decision to defer indefinitely almost all major new projects to increase highway capacity and reduce traffic congestion on state roadways is a major policy shift, but Ige says he had little choice.
August 03, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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North Carolina AG Refuses to Help Defend Voter ID Law
North Carolina's attorney general won't represent the state in appealing last week's court ruling that overturned a voter ID mandate and other voting restrictions.
August 03, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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CDC Gives Zika Funding to States, Urges Congress to Help
Federal health officials, scrambling to fund efforts to combat the spread of the Zika virus in the United States, said on Tuesday they have provided more stopgap money to various locales while calls grew for Congress to cut short its recess and act.
August 03, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton Announces Resignation
William J. Bratton, the city's 42nd police commissioner, said Tuesday he would step down from the department in mid-September to go into private industry, capping a 45-year career in policing which has been innovative and controversial at a time of constant challenges to law enforcement around the country.
August 03, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Tennessee State Rep. Arrested for Stealing Opponent's Campaign Signs, Then Bailed Out by Him
Politics can make for strange allies sometimes. Curry Todd and Mark Lovell proved that Tuesday.
August 03, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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