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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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Women in Government
Carol Alvarado
State Representative, Texas
2016
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Women in Government
Raumesh Akbari
State Representative, Tennessee
2016
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The Longest-Serving Governor's State of the State
In his 22nd Condition of the State speech Tuesday to lawmakers, Gov. Terry Branstad urged them to be bold and courageous in forging a new path to school funding, homegrown energy and "a more fair and equitable society for all Iowans."
January 13, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Facing Impeachment, Maine Governor Says He May Skip State of the State Speech
Gov. Paul LePage indicated Tuesday that he might break with longstanding custom and deliver his State of the State address by letter rather than give a speech before the full Legislature.
January 13, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Playing Powerball? Minnesota Has Some Advice.
Minnesota lottery officials know the record-breaking Powerball jackpot is creating a buying frenzy.
January 13, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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A First in the Deep South, Louisiana Expands Medicaid
Louisiana became the 31st state to expand Medicaid after Gov. John Bel Edwards signed an executive order Tuesday (Jan. 12) that will make more than 300,000 people eligible for the federal health care program.
January 13, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kansas Governor Criticizes Obama in State Address
Gov. Sam Brownback delivered a sometimes defiant State of the State address Tuesday that defended his conservative Republican policies and lashed out at President Barack Obama.
January 13, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In LGBT Rights Debate, Indiana Governor Urges Protection of Religious Freedom
Taking a hard conservative line in Tuesday night's State of the State address, Gov. Mike Pence sided with shielding religious rights in the contentious statewide debate over whether to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Hoosiers from discrimination.
January 13, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Where Teachers Are Paid Least, South Dakota Governor Proposes Tax to Boost Salaries
Gov. Dennis Daugaard's proposal to raise South Dakota's teacher salaries from worst in the nation is drawing praise from two of the state's superintendents.
January 13, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Washington Schools Superintendent Boycotts Governor's State Address
Not everyone agrees with Gov. Jay Inslee's assessment that Washington lawmakers are "on track" to solve a school funding crisis that has landed the state in contempt of court.
January 13, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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