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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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Traveling 3,000 Miles for Mental Health Care: From Hawaii to the Mainland
Within months of starting the process of adopting her son, Susan Callahan knew something was wrong.
June 06, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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2 Days After Oil Train Derailment Evacuated a Town, Company Restarts Service
Officials in Mosier, Ore., are objecting to Union Pacific's decision to restart train traffic after a fiery oil-car derailment Friday prompted an evacuation and disrupted the town's sewage and water systems.
June 06, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Deadly Texas Flooding Not Likely to Stop Anytime Soon
Scores of residents in this Houston suburb were evacuating as another round of storms descended on southeast Texas, driving floodwaters into roads and homes_some for the third time in two months.
June 03, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Lead Crisis in Portland Schools Puts 2 Out of Work
Superintendent Carole Smith put the district's chief operating officer and top health and safety manager on paid leave Thursday, saying the two men were in charge of a department that "didn't deliver" on handling lead hazards, communicating with the public and providing her with accurate and timely information.
June 03, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Gerrymandering or Not, Court Upholds North Carolina's Congressional Maps
A panel of federal judges Thursday rejected the most recent challenge of North Carolina’s newly drawn congressional districts.
June 03, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Recovering Addict? Oregon State University Has a Special Dorm For That.
Oregon State University will open an on-campus dorm this fall specifically designed for students recovering from drug and alcohol addiction.
June 03, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump University Shut Itself Down in Texas After State Started Investigating
Long before Trump University fell in the crosshairs of Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton, one of Donald Trump's fellow Republicans drew a bead on the now-defunct school: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
June 03, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Crossing the 'Abortion Desert': Women Increasingly Travel Out of State for Procedure
When she discovered she was pregnant, the 22-year-old aspiring veterinarian started calling abortion clinics in her home state of Oklahoma. It was a short list _ there are only two, and neither could get her an appointment quickly.
June 03, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Judge Rejects Sanders Supporters' Voting Rights Lawsuit as Baseless
A lawsuit by supporters of Bernie Sanders seeking more time and information from election officials for independent voters -- the bloc crucial to the Vermont senator's presidential hopes in next week's California primary -- failed Wednesday to impress a federal judge, who called the suit tardy, misdirected and meritless.
June 02, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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GOP Governor Reverses Massachusetts' Immigration Policy
The Baker administration is reversing a Deval Patrick-era policy that barred the state police from detaining undocumented immigrants at the request of federal immigration officials in a major policy shift officials say is intended to capture dangerous convicts living in the country illegally.
June 02, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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