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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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Gun control laws passed by states this year, reversing the recent trend of most gun legislation expanding access to firearms. Since the Parkland shooting in February, student survivors have lobbied for gun control.
December 18, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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'Zero Respect for the Voters': Michigan Governor Signs Bills That Water Down Minimum Wage, Sick Leave Laws
Gov. Rick Snyder signed bills Friday to water down voter-initiated increases to the state minimum wage and employer-paid sick time, pleasing the business community but dashing hopes among many Michiganders that he would veto the lame-duck bills.
December 17, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Amid 2020 Speculation, South Bend Mayor Won't Seek Another Term
Pete Buttigieg is ending his tenure as the city's mayor, announcing today that he will not seek a third term in office but not yet revealing his future political plans -- including a possible run for president.
December 17, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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A First, Texas University Trains Every Health Student to Administer Overdose-Reversal Drug
Starting in 2019, Texas A&M University will be the first university in the nation to train all of its health science students to administer the drug naloxone, which reverses the effects of an opioid overdose.
December 17, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
This is insanity in print, and it will not stand up on appeal.
Tweet from University of Michigan Law School professor Nicholas Bagley, an expert in health law, in regards to the ruling that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional because Congress repealed the tax penalty for not having insurance.
December 17, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
12 out of 18
States that allow both religious and personal exemptions and have seen a rise in them since 2009. Twenty-nine other states allow either religious or personal exemptions. Three allow neither.
December 17, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Spanking Is 'Normal,' Says California Lawmaker Arrested for Child Cruelty
A California state lawmaker admitted Wednesday that he "spanked [his daughter's] bottom" following his arrest on suspicion of child cruelty.
December 14, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
You didn’t leave the [Republican] party. The party left you.
California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, on what her family and friends said about her leaving the GOP -- a decision she finalized after watching the confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
December 14, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$100 million
What Mississippi counties spend a year to jail people who haven't been convicted of crimes, which is more than the state spends on child protective services.
December 14, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Citing Conflicts of Interest, Alabama AG Takes Over Mall Shooting Investigation
The Alabama Attorney General's Office is taking over the case of the Thanksgiving shooting death of Emantic Fitzgerald "EJ" Bradford Jr. and the wounding of two other people inside the Riverchase Galleria .
December 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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