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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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Single-Payer Health Care Qualifies for 2016 Colorado Ballot
Colorado voters will decide next year whether this state should be the first to pay for comprehensive health care for residents.
November 11, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Millions Short, Arizona Gives Up Plan for Privately Funded Border Fence
Arizona lawmakers who hoped to build miles of fencing along the border with Mexico using private money are pulling the plug on the project after nearly five years.
November 11, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Obama Looks to Supreme Court to Save Millions From Deportation
The Obama administration said Tuesday it will ask the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling and to back White House efforts to shield more than 4 million immigrants from deportation.
November 11, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Amid Drug Shortage and Controversy, California Proposes New Execution Method
California corrections officials proposed a new one-drug execution protocol Friday in an effort to conform to a judge's order nearly a decade ago that ruled the state's three-drug lethal injection method unconstitutional, but experts say it doesn't mean the resumption of capital punishment any time soon.
November 10, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Students Drive 2 Top University of Missouri Officials to Resign
After a remarkable and swift revolt by students and faculty centered largely on matters of race, the leaders of the University Missouri System and its flagship campus both stepped down from their jobs within hours of each other on Monday.
November 10, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Illinois Governor Strikes Deal With Lawmakers -- But Not on the Budget
Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, under fire from Democrats and their allies for cuts to popular social service programs, moved to lift those political pressure points Monday from a broader effort to win his pro-business, union-weakening legislative agenda.
November 10, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Christie Vetoes Bills to Rescue Atlantic City
Gov. Christie on Monday vetoed legislation that was intended to stabilize Atlantic City's finances, declaring that it failed "to recognize the true path to economic revitalization and fiscal stability."
November 10, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Christie Rejects Automatic and Online Voter Registration
Gov. Christie on Monday vetoed legislation that would have brought sweeping changes to the state's voting laws, panning the bill as "thinly veiled political gamesmanship."
November 10, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Immigration Ruling Leaves Obama With Only One Option
A federal appeals court dealt a severe and possibly fatal blow Monday to President Barack Obama's executive actions to allow up to 5 million immigrants living illegally in the United States to stay and obtain work permits.
November 10, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Introducing the 2015 Public Officials of the Year
These nine outstanding state and local government leaders have taken decisive action to address some of the toughest, most entrenched problems in the country.
November 09, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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