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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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Wisconsin Adds New Protections for Criminal Abuse Victims
Abuse victims could obtain confidential mailing addresses from the state, under one of several bills signed by Gov. Scott Walker on Monday to help those affected by crime.
April 11, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Chicago to Pay $6 Million for 2 Deaths in Police Custody
The city will pay settlements in two cases in which men died after being arrest by police.
April 11, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Government Business on Your Personal Email? In Texas, That's Public Information.
Public officials who use private email accounts to conduct official business cannot conceal their personal email addresses when releasing public information, a state appeals court ruled Friday.
April 11, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California's Unprecedented Move in Regulating Health Plans
Moving into a realm usually reserved for health care regulators, the California health marketplace Thursday unveiled sweeping reforms to its contracts with insurers, seeking to improve the quality of care, curb its cost and increase transparency for consumers.
April 11, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Right to an Attorney? Not Always in Some States
Cecelia Greene came into the South Dade courthouse last Monday ready to go to trial.
April 11, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Will Kansas' New Law Keep Its Public Schools From Closing?
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a school funding bill meant to satisfy a state Supreme Court ruling with potentially dire consequences.
April 08, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Combating Anti-LGBT Wave, Pennsylvania Governor Expands LGBT Protections
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is using his executive office powers and calling on the state's Republican-controlled House and Senate to take an exact opposite approach to nondiscrimination protections that lawmakers recently have passed in North Carolina and Mississippi.
April 08, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Iowa Allows First Responders to Carry Anti-Overdose Drug
Police aren't thought of as first responders who supply a medical remedy. However, in many cases, an ambulance or EMTs aren't yet in the area.
April 08, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Under Kasich's Medicaid Plan, Thousands of Ohioans Would Lose Health Care
Gov. John Kasich's administration projects tens of thousands of poor Ohioans will lose Medicaid coverage while taxpayers save nearly $1 billion under a plan to charge new fees for the government health coverage and impose penalties on those who miss payments.
April 08, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Indiana's New Abortion Ban Faces Legal Challenge
Claiming Indiana's newly passed abortion law is a violation of privacy and a violation of the First Amendment, Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Northern Kentucky as well as the ACLU of Indiana filed a lawsuit over House Bill 1337 Thursday morning.
April 08, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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