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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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Countering Connecticut's Tax Proposals, Florida Governor Extends Warm Invitation to Land of Tax Cuts
Maybe Yale's dorms would be replaced with cabanas on Florida's Gulf Coast beach.
March 30, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Feds Charge 12 Detroit Principals in $1M Kickback Scheme Involving School Supplies
In its latest crackdown on school corruption in Detroit, the federal government today dropped a legal bomb on 12 current and former principals, one administrator and a vendor -- all of them charged with running a nearly $1-million bribery and kickback scheme involving school supplies that were rarely ever delivered.
March 30, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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One by One, Governments Ban Work Trips to North Carolina
For the second time in a year, Portland city leaders are making a political statement by preparing a travel embargo against a state deemed to have discriminatory laws.
March 30, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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North Carolina AG Refuses to Defend Anti-LGBT Law
Roy Cooper, the North Carolina attorney general, said Tuesday that his office will not defend state officials and state agencies against the law adopted last week that strikes down locally enacted protections for lesbians, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
March 30, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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As Water Infrastructure Crumbles, Many Cities Seek Private Help
As city councilors here discussed the local water system recently, Summer Smith, a homeowner, rose to ask a question: “Can you explain in plain English what ‘emergent water conditions’ means? It sounds kind of alarming.”
March 30, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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March 29, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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End of Hawaii's Solar Credit Program Spells Trouble for Industry
Hawaii's decision to end the state's most popular solar incentive program has caused more than a dozen solar companies to close up shop, lay off staff members or cut employee hours, according to a leading industry association.
March 29, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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North Carolina Sued Over Anti-LGBT Law
Two transgender people and a lesbian law professor at N.C. Central University filed a lawsuit in federal court early Monday challenging North Carolina's new law that bans local governments from passing local anti-discrimination ordinances and dictates that transgender residents use the public restrooms of their biological sex.
March 29, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Medicaid Expansion Dies in Idaho Session But Will Come Back to Life
Gov. Butch Otter Monday ruled out calling a special legislative session or taking action on his own to advance an Idaho-designed, federally-funded health care program for 78,000 poor and uninsured Idahoans.
March 29, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Utah Passes First-in-Nation Law Requiring Anesthesia for Abortions
The governor has signed a bill that makes Utah the first state to require doctors to give anesthesia to women having an abortion at 20 weeks of pregnancy or later.
March 29, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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