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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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NYC Police Chief on ISIS Video: Be Aware But Do Not Be Afraid
NYPD Commissioner William Bratton and Mayor Bill de Blasio had a message for New Yorkers in an unusual late-night news conference in Times Square last night: Keep going about your business.
November 19, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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The Mayor Who Thinks WWII Japanese Internment Camps Justify Denying Syrian Refugees
A Virginia mayor ignited a backlash Wednesday after he cited America's mass detention of Japanese-Americans during World War II as support for his call to deny Syrian refugees the opportunity to resettle in the United States.
November 19, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Connecticut Welcomes Syrian Refugees That Indiana Turned Away
The latest chapter of the national dispute over the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the U.S. took place Wednesday, with Connecticut's Democratic governor welcoming a married couple from Homs, Syria, and their 5-year-old son, who were turned away this week by the Republican governor of Indiana.
November 19, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Louisiana Governor's Race Tightens in Final Days
The election has been less about issues and more about personalities -- but not always the candidates'.
November 18, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After So Many Child Deaths, Massachusetts Makes Major Changes
Gov. Charlie Baker unveiled a slate of overhauled policies for the state's beleaguered child welfare department yesterday, eliminating the two-tiered track that divided cases by perceived risk, mandating background checks for the first time and requiring monthly reviews of all cases.
November 18, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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FBI Confiscates Chicago City Council IG's Computers
Days before the Chicago City Council's internal watchdog departed his post Monday, the FBI came to his office and picked up his computers and the bulk of his files, Legislative Inspector General Faisal Khan said.
November 18, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Massachusetts Creates a Common-Core Hybrid Test
School superintendents in the Merrimack Valley reacted mostly favorably to the state's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education vote Tuesday to develop a "next-generation MCAS" that would combine elements of both MCAS and PARCC.
November 18, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Case on Planned Parenthood Funding
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case filed by New Hampshire Right to Life that would have put the high court in the middle of the debate over federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
November 18, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Bobby Jindal Becomes Latest Governor to Drop Out of Presidential Race
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who campaigned as an unstinting champion of social conservatives but found himself crowded out by other more forceful, dynamic personalities, on Tuesday abruptly ended his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
November 18, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kasich Would Create Federal Agency to Promote 'Judeo-Christian' Values
Republican presidential candidate John Kasich advocated Tuesday for an aggressive foreign policy that would reassert "Judeo-Christian" values against extremist values and aggressive enemies.
November 18, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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