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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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Is Letting Prisoners Live (and Sometimes Die) in 100-Degree Heat Cruel and Unusual Punishment?
It is officially swelter season in Texas, and for most of the 150,000 inmates in the state's sprawling prison system, it means another summer of seemingly endless months in cells where temperatures can climb north of 100 degrees.
July 06, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Orlando Police's Refusal to Turn Over 911 Records Reveals Larger Problem
It's been an article of undisputed faith among Florida cops, prosecutors and journalists for decades that phone calls to 911 are public records. So media lawyers were flabbergasted last month when Orlando police refused to turn over recordings of the 911 calls made during the murderous shootout inside the Pulse nightclub that left 49 people dead.
July 06, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Zika Warnings' Unintended Consequence
Enhancing mosquito control. Encouraging safe sex. Advising people to minimize travel to infected areas.
July 06, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kansas the Latest State to Lose the Battle to Defund Planned Parenthood
Kansas cannot cut off Medicaid funding for two Planned Parenthood affiliates, a federal judge said Tuesday.
July 06, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Under Arizona's Now Strictest-in-Nation Welfare Law, 'You Can Only Be Extremely Poor for One Year in Your Life'
On Friday, Arizona became the most stringent state in the nation for aid to poor families raising children.
July 06, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Obamacare Rule on Insurance Standards Struck Down
The court struck down a rule issued by the Obama administration that barred the sale of such insurance as a separate stand-alone product.
July 06, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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For Hepatitis C Patients, States' Lawsuits Pay Off
After legal battles and lobbying efforts, tens of thousands of people with hepatitis C are gaining earlier access to expensive drugs that can cure this condition.
July 05, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Governor Signs 6 Gun Bills, Vetoes 5
It will soon be harder to buy ammunition in California and illegal to own magazine clips that hold more than 10 rounds under a suite of gun-control bills Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law on Friday.
July 05, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Doctor-Assisted Suicide Suffers a Blow in New Mexico
The state Supreme Court has ruled that terminally ill New Mexicans do not have a constitutionally protected right to enlist a doctor's help to end their lives.
July 05, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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One of Nation's Harshest Felon Voting Laws Upheld by Iowa Supreme Court
Lawmakers and civil rights advocates are pledging to rewrite state law and amend the Iowa Constitution after the state Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lifetime voting ban for convicted felons.
July 05, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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