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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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Insurer Files First-of-Its-Kind Lawsuit Against Obamacare
A nonprofit health insurer in Maryland is suing the federal government to avoid more than $22 million in fees under an ObamaCare program that the group calls “dangerously flawed.”
June 15, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Feds Sue Michigan Prisons for Making Women Work an Unhealthy Amount
The U.S. Justice Department on Monday filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the Michigan Department of Corrections over staffing issues at the state's only women's prison, where female corrections officers have been subjected to mandatory overtime they say is excessive and harmful.
June 14, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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21, Not 18: The New Age for Ending Foster Care
Hundreds of Ohio's most traumatized and vulnerable teens should soon have the chance to tap into a few more years of support before they have to make it on their own.
June 14, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Some States Keep Obamacare Premium Hikes Secret
More than half of the states have disclosed just how much higher their health care premiums could be next year under the Affordable Care Act, and some of the potential increases are jaw-dropping.
June 14, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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American Samoans Lose U.S. Citizenship Case
The Supreme Court turned down an appeal on Monday from American Samoans who said they deserved the right to be U.S. citizens at birth.
June 14, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Debt Ruling Leaves Puerto Rico's Future in Congress' Hands
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Puerto Rico law that would have let its public utilities restructure their debt over the objection of creditors, leaving it to Congress to help the island resolve its fiscal crisis.
June 14, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Reconsider Decision on EPA Regulations
Last June, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette won a U.S. Supreme Court challenge to federal regulations on coal- and oil-fired power plants. Not so this year.
June 14, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Police Face Questions About Delayed Response to Orlando Shooting
At 2:02 a.m. on a muggy night in central Florida, a gunman traded shots with an off-duty police officer, slipped into a nightclub with a rifle and killed at least 50 people in the most lethal mass shooting in U.S. history.
June 14, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Would Other States' Gun Laws Have Prevented the Orlando Shooting?
Florida's gun control laws are relatively lax, but most states also lack the laws that may have stopped Omar Mateen from getting his hands on deadly weapons.
June 13, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump's Racist Comments Drive Hackensack, N.J., Mayor to Leave the GOP
The city's mayor and deputy mayor officially disavowed their affiliation with the Republican party Thursday in protest of what they called racist comments made by the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump.
June 13, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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