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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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Race to Replace Pennsylvania's Controversial AG Narrows
Two Montgomery County residents won the Democratic and Republican primaries for Pennsylvania attorney general Tuesday and will face each other in the fall for the right to succeed Kathleen Kane, the embattled incumbent who opted not to seek re-election.
April 28, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Wisconsin State Supreme Court Justice Announces Retirement
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser announced Wednesday that he's retiring on July 31 after nearly 18 years on the high court -- including some of its most turbulent -- and four decades in public life.
April 28, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Maine Governor Vetoes Funding for Clean Election Candidates
Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed a funding fix that the Maine Legislature approved for the Maine Clean Election Fund.
April 28, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ex-Oklahoma Deputy Found Guilty of Killing Unarmed Man
A former Oklahoma volunteer sheriff's deputy who said he mistook his handgun for his stun gun when he fatally shot an unarmed suspect last year was convicted of second-degree manslaughter on Wednesday.
April 28, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Tennessee Makes It Legal for Therapists to Reject LGBT Patients
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam on Wednesday signed into law a controversial bill that allows therapists and counselors with "sincerely held principles" to turn away lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender clients among others.
April 28, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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U.S. Supreme Court Skeptical of Ex-Gov. McDonnell's Corruption Conviction
Skeptical Supreme Court justices probed the definition of "official act" here Wednesday, searching for the line between politics and corruption that is so crucial to the bribery case against former Gov. Bob McDonnell
April 28, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kansas Refuses to Help Refugees Settling in the State
Gov. Sam Brownback said Tuesday he is withdrawing Kansas from the federal government's refugee relocation program because of security concerns.
April 27, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Yet Another Management Shakeup, Oregon Governor Fires Lottery Director
Gov. Kate Brown abruptly fired Oregon Lottery Director Jack Roberts on Tuesday, adding to a list of state agency leaders who've moved on since Brown took office last year.
April 27, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Asst. Sheriff Credited With Curtailing Worst Abuses in L.A. County Jails Steps Down
The enormousness of the task facing Terri McDonald was clear.
April 27, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Georgia Joins States Funding Anti-Abortion Centers
Georgia can give state money to "pregnancy resource centers" that offer medical and other services to pregnant women while discouraging them from getting abortions, under legislation signed Tuesday by Republican Gov. Nathan Deal.
April 27, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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