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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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Drug Price-Control Measure Qualifies for California's 2016 Ballot
A newly qualified November 2016 ballot measure would impose price controls on state drug purchases, potentially setting up an expensive battle with the pharmaceutical industry.
December 22, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New Kaiser Permanente Med School Part of a Growing Trend
Thursday’s announcement by Kaiser Permanente that it plans to open its own medical school in Southern California has attracted a lot of attention in the health care community.
December 21, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Salvation Army Pioneers a New Way to Track Poverty in Real-Time
For all the resources and attention paid to combating poverty, the whole endeavor suffers from relatively limited data.
December 21, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After Pension Overhaul Collapses Budget Talks, Pennsylvania Lawmakers Regroup
How exactly Pennsylvania's nearly six-month budget impasse will end remained unclear Sunday, the day after the collapse of a pension overhaul bill that was part of a deal many hoped would end more than 170 days of state budget gridlock.
December 21, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Public Schools Struggle With Teaching Islam Around the Country
The assignment on world religions that was handed out to students at Riverheads High School in rural Virginia seemed pretty simple, on its face.
December 21, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In a State Harsh on Teens, New York Governor to Pardon Young and Reformed Offenders
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York said on Sunday that he would seek out and pardon thousands of people who were convicted of nonviolent crimes as teenagers but have since led law-abiding lives.
December 21, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Flu Shot Requirement for NYC Schoolchildren Struck Down
A judge ruled on Thursday that the New York City health department could not require young children to be vaccinated for the flu to attend city-licensed preschools and day care centers, striking down one of the more ambitious public health initiatives of the Bloomberg administration.
December 18, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Montana Becomes First State to Let a Private Insurer Run Medicaid Expansion
Montana health officials have signed a two-year contract worth more than $16 million making Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana the first commercial insurance provider to administer a state's Medicaid expansion program under President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act.
December 18, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Connecticut Plans One of First Prisons for Only 18- to 25-Year-Olds
The state plans a new initiative aimed at inmates ages 18 to 25 that would dedicate one of its 18 existing prisons to male inmates in that age group, and create a separate program for women in that age range within York women's prison in Niantic.
December 18, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Feds Delay Iowa's Switch to Medicaid Managed Care
Federal officials told the state on Thursday it doesn't believe Iowa is ready to transition its $5 billion Medicaid program to managed care on Jan. 1 -- delaying the move until March 1.
December 18, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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