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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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After Decades-Long Legal Battle, Mississippi School District Ordered to Desegregate
More than six decades after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” has no place in the nation’s public school system, a federal court has ordered the schools in a small Mississippi town to finally integrate.
May 18, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Public Employee Surveys: Worthwhile or Worthless?
It depends on how governments use the results.
May 17, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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U.S. Supreme Court: Debt Collectors Can Use Government Stationary
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that outside lawyers hired by the Ohio Attorney General's office can attempt to collect debt from Ohioans using letters on Attorney General letterhead.
May 17, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kansas Shortens Time Families Can Be on Welfare
A bill that will reduce the number of consecutive months families can receive welfare was signed Monday by Gov. Sam Brownback, who says it will help push people out into the work force faster.
May 17, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Health Coverage Rates for Lower Income Children Improving
Bolstered by the federal health care law, the number of lower income kids getting health coverage continues to improve, a recent study found.
May 17, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Why Voting in California Could Be 'Overwhelming' This Year
California voters this fall will likely wade through the longest list of state propositions since Bill Clinton was president, a sizable batch of proposed laws that is likely to spark a record amount of campaign spending.
May 17, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kasich Won't Commit to Endorsing Trump
Nearly two weeks after dropping out of the 2016 presidential race, John Kasich says he remains undecided whether he will back Donald Trump, and thus still has no interest in becoming the presumed GOP nominee's running mate.
May 17, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump Effect Helps Local Officials Push Anti-Immigration Policies
After watching Donald Trump gain traction on the campaign trail with talk of border walls and mass deportations, Indiana lawmaker Mike Delph decided it was time to take action in his state.
May 17, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Court: California County Must Justify Need for Gun Restrictions
The Constitution protects the right to buy and sell firearms as well as the right to own them, a federal appeals court said Monday in reviving a lawsuit challenging an Alameda County ordinance banning gun shops within 500 feet of a residential neighborhood or a school.
May 17, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Iowa Eases Drug Sentencing Laws
Nearly 1,000 nonviolent drug offenders will be eligible for early release from Iowa prisons over the next five years as part of a sentencing reform bill that Gov. Terry Branstad signed into law Thursday.
May 16, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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