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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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When a culture is surrounded by, inundated by, rewards things that celebrate death, whether it is zombies in television shows, the number of abortions ... there’s a thousand justifications for [mass shootings].
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, a Republican, on why more gun regulation will not prevent gun violence.
November 15, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I haven't slept since the 26th of December 2014. And combined with my nerve damage and the cold cell with which I'm forced to be in 24 hours a day it's as if I were dead already.
Suicide note from Alfredo Lopez, a New York state prisoner who was found hanging in his cell on Jan. 13, 2015. Despite testing drug-free 10 times while in prison, he was repeatedly locked in solitary confinement for occasions when he was unable to pee for a drug test -- a symptom he blamed on a medical condition. While in solitary, he was not given his pain medication. His death is one of 50 in the last few years that a state review board concluded could have been prevented with medical care.
November 14, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
88%
Residents of Butte County, Calif., who were not signed up for emergency alerts at the time of the Camp Fire, which has become the deadliest wildfire in the state's history.
November 14, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Be grouchy and supercheap, quote obscure philosophers, avoid social media and never make a public presentation without a doomsday-predicting graph.
Thad Kousser, political scientist at the University of California, San Diego, describing outgoing Gov. Jerry Brown’s persona.
November 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
21 years old
Age required to buy a semiautomatic assault rifle in Washington state, where voters passed comprehensive gun control last week. The new law also includes secure gun storage requirements, enhanced background checks and waiting periods for firearms.
November 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Georgia Election Officials Ordered to Count Absentee Ballots
Georgia Secretary of State Robyn Crittenden instructed county election officials Monday to count absentee ballots even if they lack a voter's date of birth, as long as the voter's identity can be verified.
November 13, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Archive
Meet the 2018 Public Officials of the Year
These honorees didn’t just set goals; they set ambitious, attention-grabbing goals that they're accomplishing.
November 12, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California. ... Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests. Remedy now, or no more Fed payments!
Tweet from President Donald Trump on Saturday as more than 300,000 people were evacuated from their homes. The death toll had risen to 31 as of Monday afternoon.
November 12, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
40 out of 70
State or local candidates endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America who won last week.
November 12, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Florida Counties Race to Recount Several Races by Thursday
Florida counties began the laborious and time-sensitive recount of votes cast last week to resolve the state's three close statewide races.
November 12, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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