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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.

Who Said That
[Abortion] is gonna be classified as a homicide because, essentially, a fertilized egg is a human life just like a 1-year-old baby is a human life.
Oklahoma state Sen. Joseph Silk, a Republican who proposed the "Abolition of Abortion in Oklahoma Act," which would order the state to ignore abortion rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court.
December 04, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
It's gonna be a lot of fun beating the hell out of these (expletive) once the sun goes down and nobody can tell us apart!!!!
Text sent from St. Louis police officer Dustin Boone, while on protest duty, to one of his three colleagues who, along with him, were just indicted on federal charges after assaulting a cop who was undercover as a protester.
December 03, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
11.8 per 1,000 women
Number of abortions in 2015, which is the lowest since Roe v. Wade legalized the procedure in 1973. It represents a 24 percent decline from 2006.
December 03, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
7.0
Magnitude of the earthquake that struck Alaska on Friday.
November 30, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
We won women. As a result, in spite of this huge blue wave, I became the second Republican governor reelected in the entire 242-year history of our state.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan
November 30, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
276,000
Children who have became uninsured in 2017, the first time the children's uninsured rate has risen since at least 2008.
November 29, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
My mom, God rest her soul, was a Democrat. My dad’s a Republican. They never voted for the same person. Ever. My mom wouldn’t even admit to voting for me.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, a Republican
November 29, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
Almost 4 months
Time a Georgia woman spent in jail because a drug test falsely labeled a bag of cotton candy as methamphetamine.
November 28, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I would like to make him a broth of Legionella and pump it into the water system of his loved one, so that they can be infected, they can be mistreated, they can sit and suffer by getting aspirin instead of being properly treated and ultimately die.
Illinois Democratic state Rep. Stephanie Kifowit, a veteran, talking about her Republican colleague who criticized a bill that would help families of veterans home residents who died of Legionnaires’ disease. The state's handling of the outbreak is under investigation.
November 28, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Marijuana Legalization Bill Advances in New Jersey
A bill to legalize recreational marijuana was approved by a House-Senate committee in the New Jersey Legislature Monday, a giant step toward making the cannabis plant and its products available in the state.
November 27, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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