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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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New Orleans Becomes Newest Sanctuary City for Immigrants
New Orleans police will no longer cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, a momentous change likely to elicit denunciations from opponents of such "sanctuary city" policies.
March 03, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Why Kansas GOP May Need Days to Declare Caucus Winner
When Kansas Republicans decided to offer absentee voting for the first time in their presidential caucus, they expected to get maybe 300 applications.
March 03, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Justices Question Medical Necessity of Controversial Abortion Law
The four liberal members of the U.S. Supreme Court took turns tearing into Texas' controversial anti-abortion law at a highly anticipated hearing Wednesday, raising the possibility of a landmark court ruling that could make the procedure easier to access nationwide for years to come.
March 03, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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SCOTUS Hampers States' Health Transparency Efforts
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow Tuesday to nascent efforts to track the quality and cost of health care, ruling that a 1974 law precludes states from requiring that every health care claim involving their residents be submitted to a massive database.
March 02, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Meetings: A Necessary Evil That Can Be Improved
We have to have them, so we might as well make them as productive as possible.
March 02, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Hurting From Low Oil Prices, New Mexico Slashes Spending
Gov. Susana Martinez on Monday signed into a law a $6.2 billion budget that cuts state government spending from current levels as New Mexico's sagging economy continues to take a hard hit from low oil prices.
March 02, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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$53 Million in the Hole, Kansas Cuts Higher Education
Kansas tax receipts fell $53 million short of estimates in February, and Gov. Sam Brownback on Tuesday immediately announced a $17 million cut to the state's university system.
March 02, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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South Dakota Governor Vetoes Transgender Bathroom Bill
South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard on Tuesday vetoed a proposed law that would have been the first in the country to require transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match the gender listed on their birth certificates.
March 02, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Expands Health Insurance Tax After Fight With Feds
Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Tuesday to expand a tax on the health insurance industry so that the state doesn't lose $1 billion in federal funding.
March 02, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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U.S. Supreme Court Lets Christie Continue Cutting Pensions
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to rule on a legal dispute between Governor Christie and New Jersey public labor unions suing over billions of dollars in missed payments to the state pension system.
March 02, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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