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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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Ohio Loses Another Voting Rights Case, This Time Over Absentee Ballots
Ohio Republicans lost another federal lawsuit today over their attempts to restrict Ohioans' voting rights.
June 08, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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What Employee Surveys Reveal About Working in Government
Depending on whether you work for states and localities, the federal government or the private sector, your job satisfaction may differ.
June 08, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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To Prevent Schools Shutdown, Kansas Legislature Will Be Back in Session
Gov. Sam Brownback will call Kansas lawmakers back to Topeka later this month in an effort to prevent the closure of the state's schools.
June 08, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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How Texas Republicans Are Preparing for a Conspiracy Theorist to Be Their New Boss
The Travis County GOP has voted to limit the power of incoming chairman Robert Morrow, a controversial figure whose surprise election earlier this year shook up local politics in Texas' fifth-largest county.
June 08, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Fatal Crashes Prompt Oregon to Reverse Recent Speed Limit Increases
The state transportation department said Tuesday it was rolling back recent speed limit increases on some highways, including a stretch where a Madras woman and her three children were killed in crash last month.
June 08, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Washington, D.C., Poised to Join $15 Minimum Wage Movement
Washington, D.C., will be the next major city to implement a $15 minimum wage rate following a unanimous vote Tuesday by its city council.
June 08, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Vermont Becomes 1st State to Make Drug Companies Justify Price Hikes
Despite opposition from the pharmaceutical industry, Vermont late last week became the first state in the country to require drug makers to justify price hikes for medicines.
June 08, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Criminal Record? It’s Getting Easier and Cheaper to Expunge It
In analyzing criminal cases in Baltimore last year, Maryland lawyer and software programmer Matthew Stubenberg found 23,386 instances in which people convicted of crimes could have had their records expunged.
June 08, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Atheists Prevail Against Texas County Sheriffs
Despite support from Gov. Greg Abbott, officials in Brewster County have agreed to ban the display of Christian crosses on sheriff's vehicles to settle a lawsuit from the national Freedom From Religion Foundation.
June 07, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ex-California Lawmaker Tom Calderon Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering
Former Democratic Assemblyman Tom Calderon on Monday pleaded guilty to one felony count of money laundering as part of an agreement in which federal prosecutors offered to seek a prison sentence of no more than 12 months.
June 07, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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