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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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Medical Marijuana Ruling Highlights Federal, State Discord
In 1991, amid the AIDS crisis in San Francisco, a former jazz and blues singer named Lynnette Shaw was hired as the intake officer at the San Francisco Cannabis Buyers Club, California's first medical marijuana dispensary.
October 29, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kasich Gets Confrontational in GOP Debate
Count this as one campaign promise that was kept: John Kasich aggressively took on his fellow Republicans in Wednesday night's GOP presidential debate.
October 29, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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His Last Days in Office, Philadelphia Mayor Introduces Major Education Changes
Mayor Nutter on Tuesday recommended scrapping the School Reform Commission, which has governed Philadelphia schools for the last 15 years, saying it is time for "the experiment to end."
October 28, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Oklahoma Governor Orders Agencies to Prepare for Major Cuts
Gov. Mary Fallin ordered state agencies on Monday to prepare plans to cut 10 percent of "non-mission-critical" expenses for the remainder of this fiscal year and the entirety of the next.
October 28, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Study Confirms Long-Held Assumptions About Testing in Schools
Students across the nation are taking tests that are redundant, misaligned with college- and career-ready standards, and often don't address students' mastery of specific content, according to a long-awaited report that provides the first in-depth look at testing in the nation's largest urban school districts.
October 28, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New York Governor Takes a Big Bet on Solar Power
On the often cloudy shores of the Buffalo River, where a steel factory once thrived, lies the rising framework of one of New York’s most ambitious economic endeavors ever: a giant solar panel factory that the state says will be the largest of its kind in the Western Hemisphere.
October 28, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Los Angeles Passes New Law on Proper Gun Storage
Los Angeles lawmakers voted unanimously Tuesday to pass a new law requiring Angelenos to lock up or disable their handguns at home if they aren't close at hand.
October 28, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Obama Walks Tightrope When Pushing for Stronger Gun Laws
President Barack Obama on Tuesday sought to balance minority concerns of overaggressive policing with an attempt to enlist law enforcement's help to push for stronger federal gun-control laws.
October 28, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Video Shows School Resource Officer's Controversial Confrontation With Student
The Richland County Sheriff's Department is investigating an incident between a school resource officer and a female student at Spring Valley High School on Monday, after a video showing a confrontation was posted online.
October 27, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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State Flag Honoring Confederacy Comes Down at University of Mississippi
Like scores of other Ole Miss students, Barrett Teller couldn't help glancing up at the flagpole in Lyceum Circle as he walked to class Monday morning.
October 27, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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