✕

Internet Explorer 11 is not supported

For optimal browsing, we recommend Chrome, Firefox or Safari browsers.
GOVERNING Avatar Logo

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.

Archive
Cuomo Pardons 22 Immigrants, Criticizes Trump
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced pardons on Monday for 22 immigrants who were at risk of deportation because of criminal records, taking a swipe at President Trump in the process.
January 02, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Judge Lets Obamacare Stand While Court Challenge Continues
The federal judge in Texas who ruled the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional said today that the law can stand while his judgment is under appeal.
January 02, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Shutdown Leaves Food, Medicine and Pay in Doubt for Native American Tribes
For one tribe of Chippewa Indians in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the government shutdown comes with a price tag: about $100,000, every day, of federal money that does not arrive to keep health clinics staffed, food pantry shelves full and employees paid.
January 02, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
The vast majority of the country is going to feel the pain come April.
Rudy Salo, a public finance attorney, in reference to the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions, which Congress passed in late 2017.
December 21, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
1 in 3
Americans who can name their governor.
December 21, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I don't know what's happening in Michigan or North Carolina except what happens in the media, which I distrust.
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, the architect of the bills to reduce the incoming Democratic governor's power. Similar legislation was introduced by Republicans in Michigan and North Carolina after Democrats were elected governor.
December 20, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
505
Catholic clergy in Illinois who have been credibly accused of sexually abusing a child but have not been publicly identified by the church. The state's attorney general found a total of 690 accused.
December 20, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Kill yourself!
Tweet from New York Democratic state Sen. Kevin Parker to a Republican Senate staffer, Candice Giove, after she accused Parker of blocking a bike path with his car. Parker has since deleted the tweet and apologized.
December 19, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
3.2%
Maximum strength of beer that Colorado supermarkets and convenience stores can sell -- until Jan. 1 when that Prohibition-era law is repealed.
December 19, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Lame duck is when the worst things happen.
Danielle Atkinson, founding director of Mothering Justice, a progressive group that pushed for the November ballot measure to raise Michigan's minimum wage and require paid sick leave. In the lame-duck session, Michigan GOP Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill to water down that measure.
December 18, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Load More
gov-footer-logo-2024.png
GT-footer-logo.png
II-footer-logo.png
NAV-footer-logo.png
CDG-footer-logo.png
CDE-footer-logo.png
CPSAI-footer-logo.png
EM-footer-logo.png