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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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Pennsylvania Releases Zika Action Plan
With mosquito season weeks away, Pennsylvania officials on Thursday announced how they would confront the Zika virus, including responses to infections picked up in the Caribbean, a scenario that has not mattered so far because there have been no mosquitoes present to carry the virus.
May 13, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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EPA's Final Methane Rules Would Hit Oil and Gas Industry Hardest
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday finalized a new set of rules aimed at battling climate change.
May 13, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Feds Officially Back Transgender Students' Bathroom Rights
Wading further into a spreading national debate, the Obama administration will tell all public school districts across the nation Friday that they should allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity.
May 13, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Anti-Immigrant Law Struck Down by Montana Supreme Court
The Montana Supreme Court has barred state officials from reporting the immigration status of people seeking state services, striking down the last piece of a voter-approved law meant to deter people who are in the U.S. illegally from living and working in Montana.
May 13, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Baltimore Election Results Decertified and Being Investigated
State election officials ordered the results of Baltimore's primary election decertified Thursday and launched a precinct-level review of irregularities.
May 13, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Rare Republican Victory, Judge Rules Against Obamacare
House Republicans won Round 2 in a potentially historic lawsuit Thursday when a federal judge declared the Obama administration was unconstitutionally spending money to subsidize health insurers without obtaining an appropriation from Congress.
May 12, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Another Powerful New York Lawmaker, Dean Skelos, Sentenced to Prison
Disgraced ex-Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, one of Long Island's and New York's most powerful politicians until his sudden fall in a family-affair corruption scandal last year, was sentenced Thursday to a shorter-than-expected 5-year prison term.
May 12, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kansas Opens Some Politicians' Private Emails to the Public
Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a bill to close a loophole in the state's open records act that allowed public officials to use private e-mail accounts to avoid scrutiny.
May 12, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Tennessee Economy Takes a Hit Because of Anti-LGBT Therapy Law
While Nashville has now seen a second group cancel its planned national convention next year over Tennessee's new law letting therapists reject LGBT patients, Chattanooga officials say they have yet to see any impact.
May 12, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After Years of Modesty, California Health Premiums May Rise More
California’s health insurance exchange estimates that its Obamacare premiums may rise 8 percent on average next year, which would end two consecutive years of more modest 4 percent increases.
May 12, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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