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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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Kansas Governor Broadens Ban on Helping Refugees
Gov. Sam Brownback issued a second executive order on refugee resettlement Friday, broadening his previous order that forbids state agencies from assisting in the resettlement of Syrian refugees to Kansas.
January 11, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Foster Parents Sue Oklahoma Over Extra Gun Restrictions
Two foster parents are suing the state Department of Human Services in Oklahoma City federal court over an agency rule they claim is unconstitutional because it prohibits foster and adoptive parents from legally possessing firearms for self-defense.
January 11, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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5 States Get More Time to Comply With Real ID Law
The federal government is giving air travelers in Minnesota and a handful of other states a two-year reprieve from enforcement of a law that would have banned commercial air travelers who didn't have a new federally approved identification.
January 11, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas Governor Calls on States to Amend U.S. Constitution
In a fresh — but long shot — assertion of states’ rights, Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday called for a convention of U.S. states to pass nine new amendments to the U.S. Constitution, measures meant to limit the powers of the federal government.
January 11, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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A Glimpse Into Philadelphia's Next 4 Years
Jim Kenney began his first week as mayor dancing with Philadelphia sports mascots on a stage celebrating his inauguration. He visited classrooms. He dissed misbehaving Mummers and the recently fired Eagles coach.
January 11, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Will Idaho's Governor Convince Lawmakers to Expand Medicaid This Year?
Stymied for three years by conservative lawmakers unwilling to expand Medicaid, Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter on Thursday proposed a new state program to provide partial health care services to an estimated 78,000 uninsured adults.
January 11, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Hackers Threaten Sacramento, Calif., Over Homeless Policy
The city of Sacramento, Calif., is at the center of a video warning presumably posted by the hacker group Anonymous regarding an anti-camping ordinance aimed at the homeless Jan. 6.
January 11, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Bringing College Back to Prisons in New York
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, the overseer of the state's massive budget, is turning to sources outside of Albany's bank account to begin a state-run college education program for inmates in some of New York's prisons.
January 11, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Conservative Supreme Court Justices Appear Against Unions
The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority signaled Monday that it is likely to substantially weaken government employee unions by overruling a 1977 decision that has allowed the unions to charge nonmembers for the costs of representing them.
January 11, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Virginia Gets New Redistricting Maps for 2016 Elections
A federal court ordered a congressional redistricting Thursday that reassigned millions of voters and changed the racial and political makeup of districts served by Reps. Bobby Scott and Randy Forbes.
January 08, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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