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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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Pennsylvania Republicans' New 'Oversight Committee' Triggers Legal and Political Questions
Buried within the multitude of volumes that encompass Pennsylvania laws is a 176-year-old statute that is rarely used.
January 07, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Supreme Court Takes 2 Partisan Gerrymandering Cases
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review highly partisan election maps drawn by Republicans in North Carolina and Democrats in Maryland, and decide whether such political gerrymandering violates voters' rights to a fair election.
January 07, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
He is the embodiment of a bygone era. He is Lyndon Johnson in the age of Beto O’Rourke.
Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot, a Democrat, criticizing fellow Democrat Mike Miller, the nation's longest-serving state senate leader.
January 04, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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Millennials who won state legislative seats in November, which marks the largest new class of that generation. Nearly 800 ran.
January 04, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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'An Example of What Not to Do': The State Where Immigration Law Is Enforced by Political Appointees Granted the Power of Courts
Over the past few years, statehouses around the country have tried to rein in cities deemed too friendly to undocumented immigrants. But Georgia is the only state that’s created an independent board with one specific mission: Punishing cities that aren’t doing enough to crack down on illegal immigration.
January 04, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Joins the Majority and Mandates Breathalyzers for DUI Offenders
On Jan. 1, California joined the majority of states that have laws requiring drivers with drunken-driving convictions to install breathalyzers in vehicles they own or operate.
January 04, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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'No L-Pocalypse': How New York City Plans to Repair Tunnels and Keep Trains Running
The L-pocalypse is officially cancelled.
January 04, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Deputies to Face Charges for Drowning of 2 Patients Transferred During Hurricane
Two South Carolina deputies who drove two women through Hurricane Florence floodwaters on the way to a mental health facility will face charges in their deaths.
January 04, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Powerful Chicago Democrat Charged in Federal Corruption Case
Longtime Ald. Edward Burke, one of Chicago's most powerful figures and a vestige of the city's old Democratic machine, has often been considered too clever and sophisticated to be caught blatantly using his public office to enrich himself.
January 04, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Airbnb Notches Legal Victory Against New York City Crackdown
A Manhattan Federal judge ruled Thursday that Airbnb does not have to turn over data on its hosts to New York City authorities.
January 04, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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