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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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In Freddie Gray Case, Judge Sends Deadlocked Jury Back
Judge Barry G. Williams on Tuesday ordered a deadlocked jury back to work, asking them to try harder to reach a consensus on Officer William G. Porter's guilt or innocence in the death of Freddie Gray.
December 16, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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93% of Executions Happened in Just 4 States This Year
Although Florida saw a drop in 2015 in both the number of death-row inmates executed and the number of criminals sentenced to death, findings from a national nonprofit research organization show the Sunshine State continues to be an "outlier" in its administration of capital punishment.
December 16, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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One Threat to Schools, Two Different Responses in New York and Los Angeles
A crudely written email threat to members of the Los Angeles Board of Education prompted officials to close all 900 schools in the nation's second-largest school system Tuesday, sending parents scrambling to find day care _ while New York law enforcement dismissed a nearly identical threat from the same sender as an obvious hoax.
December 16, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ohio Judge Protects Planned Parenthood, Calls Fetus Disposal Law 'Vague'
A federal judge temporarily blocked Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine from going to court seeking changes in how Planned Parenthood clinics dispose of fetal remains following abortions.
December 15, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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A Small Town's Solar Ban Heard Around the World
Usually what happens in Woodland stays in Woodland, a town 115 miles east of Raleigh with one Dollar General store and one restaurant.
December 15, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Seattle Becomes First U.S. City to Let Uber Drivers Unionize
The Seattle City Council voted unanimously Monday to give taxi, for-hire and Uber drivers the ability to unionize.
December 15, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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With Puerto Rico in Financial Straits, Governor Refuses to Run Again
Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla said he won't seek re-election so his administration can focus on reducing the Caribbean island's $70 billion debt load.
December 15, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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States Hold Key Role in Big Insurer Mergers
The U.S. Justice Department's antitrust probe of two massive proposed insurance mergers has dominated the spotlight as hospitals, doctors and lawmakers fret over the impact of allowing Anthem to absorb Cigna Corp. and Aetna to swallow Humana.
December 15, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After Resigning, N.M. Secretary of State Sentenced to Jail
After a brief but tearful plea for leniency from former Secretary of State Dianna Duran, state District Judge T. Glenn Ellington on Monday sentenced her to 30 days in jail, a fine of $14,000 and restitution totaling $13,866.
December 15, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
A nearly completed puzzle of a pile of $100 bills.
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The Missing Pieces of State Budgets
Budgets aren't as transparent as they could be. There are ways (some simpler than others) to fix that.
December 14, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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