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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 Kansas, Professors Rally Against New Law Allowing Guns on Campus
Forty Kansas State University distinguished professors have signed a letter to the Legislature, seeking to halt the plan to allow concealed weapons on campus, the university reported Wednesday.
December 04, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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On New NFL Stadium, St. Louis Doesn't Care for the Public's Approval
The city will not ask voters to approve a plan to finance the construction of a new professional football stadium on downtown's north riverfront.
December 04, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Backpedalling, Chicago Mayor Now Open to Federal Investigation of Police
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday reversed his opposition to a possible U.S. Justice Department review of the Chicago Police Department's practices, the type of investigation that has led to federal court oversight and sweeping reforms in other troubled, big-city police departments throughout the country.
December 04, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Postal Service Takes Stand Against Newspapers With Marijuana Ads
The U.S. Postal Service has warned newspapers that it is a felony to mail material that includes marijuana advertising.
December 04, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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The States With the Strictest and Loosest Gun Laws
At the federal level, there's little to no movement to change the nation's gun laws one way or the other.
December 04, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Foreign Investors Claim South Dakota Tricked Them
Thirty-five investors who lost nearly $20 million in South Dakota’s EB-5 program sued the state Wednesday, accusing the state and its agents of committing fraud and misrepresenting the viability of a $120 million beef packing plant.
December 04, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Los Angeles Exempts Retired Cops From New Gun Control Law
In a hotly contested move, Los Angeles lawmakers decided Wednesday to carve out more exemptions to a city law meant to curb the carnage of mass shootings, arguing that it would better protect the public from such attacks.
December 03, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Masked Couple Kills 14 at Government Agency's Holiday Party
Masked assailants armed with assault rifles opened fire on a holiday banquet for county employees in San Bernardino on Wednesday, killing 14 people and plunging a nation already on edge about terrorism and mass shootings into hours of tense uncertainty.
December 03, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas Sues the Feds Again -- This Time Over Refugees
Texas state officials on Wednesday sued the federal government and a local nonprofit in an attempt to keep out a family of six Syrian refugees who are scheduled to arrive in Dallas on Friday, setting up the first legal fight over the Obama administration's plans to take in more refugees from the war-torn country.
December 03, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Alaska Mayor Died of Natural Causes, According to Autopsy
A preliminary autopsy report indicates Mayor Greg Fisk died of natural causes Monday, the Juneau Police Department said Wednesday afternoon.
December 03, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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