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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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Feds: Thousands Wrongly Placed in South Dakota Nursing Homes
When patients in South Dakota seek help for serious but manageable disabilities such as severe diabetes, blindness or mental illness, the answer is often the same.
May 03, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ending Volatile Session, Maine Legislature Overrides More Than Half of Governor's Vetoes
When the House and Senate gavels came down for the final time on Friday, the Legislature had sustained a dozen of the governor's vetoes, killed one bill by sending it back to committee and overridden the rest.
May 03, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Local Fracking Ban Struck Down by Colorado's Highest Court
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday struck down Longmont's fracking ban.
May 03, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Tennessee, Professors Can Come to Class Armed With Knowledge -- and Guns
Gov. Bill Haslam said Monday he is allowing the guns-on-campus bill to become law without his signature.
May 03, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Except Lone Dissenter, U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Death Penalty Challenge
A Supreme Court justice on Monday blasted California's slow-moving death penalty process, but that was not enough to save convicted murderer Richard Delmer Boyer.
May 03, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Teacher Sickouts Close Nearly Every Detroit School
Shouting chants of "No pay, no work" and "enough is enough," hundreds of Detroit teachers rallied outside the Fisher Building today calling for a forensic audit of Detroit Public Schools and a guarantee they would be paid for their work.
May 03, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Feds Subpoena Detroit for Blight Removal Records
Federal investigators have subpoenaed Detroit's Auditor General's office requesting records related to the use of federal funds in the city's massive demolition program, the Free Press has learned.
May 03, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Indiana Governor Endorses Cruz and Praises Trump
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence threw his support behind U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz Friday afternoon, just days before Indiana's critical Tuesday primary.
May 02, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas High Court Strikes Down Houston's Air Pollution Rules
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday struck down Houston's air quality ordinances, ruling the city overstepped its authority to police polluters and handing industry advocates a major victory.
May 02, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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First Zika-Related Death on U.S. Soil Intensifies Funding Fight
The first officially reported death Friday in the United States from Zika-related complications, a 70-year-old man in Puerto Rico, intensified a partisan battle on Capitol Hill over $1.9 billion in emergency funds blocked for two months by Republicans.
May 02, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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