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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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Scant Evidence for Texas Governor's Claims of 'Rampant' Voter Fraud
The governor of Texas thinks that fraud in the electoral system that put him and others in office is “rampant.”
March 15, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Flint Emails Reveal Culture of Secrecy in State Government
In mid-October, as the massive scope of the Flint drinking water scandal and public health crisis was beginning to sink in, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality engineer Adam Rosenthal wrote an e mail to two of his then supervisors in the department's drinking water section.
March 15, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Lights, Cameras, Accountability: State Legislatures on TV
In Kentucky, state lawmakers will consider in coming days whether to make tuition at community colleges free.
March 15, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Massachusetts Passes Nation's 'Most Comprehensive' Law to Combat Drug Addiction
Beginning in July, Massachusetts hospitals will have to evaluate for substance abuse anyone who arrives at an emergency room suffering from an apparent opioid overdose.
March 15, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In New York, Handwritten Prescriptions Can Now Land Doctors in Prison
One morning this month, Silvia Cota, a nurse supervisor in the emergency room at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, gathered her nurses together in a huddle to prepare them for the future.
March 15, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Flooding Could Cause Forced Mass Migration in U.S., Study Warns
As many as 13.1 million people living along U.S. coastlines could face flooding by the end of the century because of rising sea levels, according to a new study that warns that large numbers of Americans could be forced to relocate to higher ground.
March 15, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Giving Bernie a Boost, Judge Lets 17-Year-Olds Vote in Ohio
Ohio must let 17-year-olds vote in the state's March 15 primary, if they turn 18 by Election Day, a judge ruled in a boost to Bernie Sanders.
March 14, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Legislative Session Ends Without a Budget in West Virginia
The legislative session fraught with labor and social issues that raised the hackles of many a lawmaker ended Saturday night on a more peaceful note than many state government spectators would have thought possible after is rocky beginning.
March 14, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Oregon Overcomes GOP Obstacles to Pass Renewable Energy Law
Oregon's most consequential energy bill in decades -- a nationally ambitious plan to wean the state off coal and boost renewable sources -- has become law.
March 14, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After 5 Years, New Jersey Transit Reaches Labor Agreement and Averts Strike
Rail union leaders cheered. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie smiled. And hundreds of thousands of New Jerseyans were assured of a routine rail commute to work Monday without an immediate fare hike.
March 14, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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