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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 North Carolina, AG Announces Campaign to Unseat Governor
Attorney General Roy Cooper presented himself to voters Monday as a standard-bearer who can restore North Carolina to a legacy tarnished by three years of Republican domination by recommitting to education and fighting for the working class and small businesses.
October 13, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Anti-Abortion Health Clinics Sue California Over New Law
Reproductive health clinics run by abortion opponents moved immediately to head off enforcement of a bill signed Friday by Gov. Jerry Brown that would require the clinics to inform patients that abortion services are available elsewhere.
October 12, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Jerry Brown Previews His Next Priorities for California in Signings and Vetoes
Capping a year dominated by uncommonly personal and emotional debates in the Capitol, California Gov. Jerry Brown ended his work on legislation Sunday by banning the use of "Redskin" for school mascots, refusing to bar Confederate names on public buildings and declining new access to experimental drugs for the gravely ill.
October 12, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Court Halts EPA Water Rule in Every State
A federal appeals court has blocked a major Obama administration clean water rule, handing an early victory to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and other states trying to drown it in court.
October 12, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Montana Gives Governor More Power to Pardon Prisoners
The Montana Board of Pardons and Parole has adopted a policy on how it will implement a new law that allows the governor to grant clemency to prisoners even if the board recommends against it.
October 12, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Georgia Again Fails to Comply With Federal Mental Health Settlement
Georgia still hasn’t lived up to its part of an agreement with the federal government to shift severely mentally ill residents out of state mental hospitals and into community settings, the Justice Department said in a scathing letter that demanded a corrective action plan by November.
October 12, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Insurance Dropouts Present a Challenge for Obamacare
Stephanie Douglas signed up for health insurance in January with the best intentions. She had suffered a stroke and needed help paying for her medicines and care.
October 12, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Memphis Mayor Loses Re-Election to Councilman
Voters in majority-black Memphis on Thursday elected the city's first white mayor in 24 years as City Councilman Jim Strickland's message of change propelled him over incumbent A C Wharton.
October 09, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Massachusetts Nixes Ad Agency That Was Worsening the State's Image
The Baker administration has bounced the state's longtime ad agency after a Herald investigation revealed it got $20 million from a hidden, taxpayer-funded account created by former Gov. Deval Patrick to skirt the budget ax.
October 09, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas Joins Other States and Localities in Suing Volkswagen
Following in the footsteps of Harris County and the city of Dallas, the state announced Thursday it is suing Volkswagen in connection with the German automaker's admitted use of software that allowed its vehicles to circumvent emissions limits.
October 09, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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