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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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Without a Budget, Pennsylvanians May Not Have Much to Be Thankful for This Year
Acknowledging that a plan to resolve the five-month budget impasse is in "deep peril," Gov. Wolf on Monday blamed Republican legislators for the potential collapse of a tentative agreement and urged them to launch a new effort to save the deal.
November 24, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Planned Parenthood Adds Texas to List of States It's Suing
Planned Parenthood and 10 of its patients sued the state of Texas on Monday to block officials from cutting off Medicaid funds, calling the state's actions "political" and part of a long-term pattern of denying reproductive health care to women.
November 24, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Abortion Regulations Ruled Unconstitutional in Wisconsin, For Now
Federal appeals judges on Monday agreed with a lower court that a politically polarizing 2013 abortion law is unconstitutional, finding it endangered the health of women.
November 24, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Indiana Governor Sued for Refusing Syrian (But Not Other) Refugees
Gov. Mike Pence is facing a federal lawsuit that challenges his power to block Syrian refugees from resettling in Indiana.
November 24, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump Bashes Kasich in His Home State
The day began and ended in a fight over Donald Trump's incursion into the home turf of 2016 presidential rival John Kasich.
November 24, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Cities Sue to Block Missouri's Ferguson-Inspired Court Reforms
Twelve municipalities in St. Louis County sued the state on Thursday to try to stop what they called an unconstitutional new law that will limit the revenue they can make from fees and fines for minor traffic violations.
November 23, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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NYC Simulates Subway Attack to Test Preparedness
The subway scenario -- straphangers being terrorized by roving shooters -- was fake. The response from NYPD officers and other rescuers Sunday couldn't have been more real.
November 23, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Are Smaller Cities Just as Prepared for a Terrorist Attack as New York?
For Tuscaloosa, Alabama, there are lessons to be learned from the terror that gripped Paris just over a week ago.
November 23, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After Spending Millions Suing Obama 39 Times, Has Texas Seen a Return on Investment?
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken up his predecessor's crusade against the federal government, spending nearly a quarter of a million dollars suing the federal government in six new legal challenges since taking office in January.
November 23, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Obama Asks Supreme Court to Reverse Immigration Ruling
The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to reverse a lower court ruling that blocked the president's plan to defer deportation for as many as 5 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.
November 23, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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