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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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Oklahoma's Drug Problems Fog the Death Penalty's Future
There have been so many problems in carrying out executions in Oklahoma that it's hard to say whether the death penalty can continue in this state, Gov. Mary Fallin said Thursday.
October 09, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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NYC Inmates to Get Their Own Bill of Rights
Every city inmate must receive a "bill of rights," and jail guards' use-of-force policies must be publicly disclosed under legislation that Mayor Bill de Blasio signed Wednesday at City Hall.
October 09, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Requires Pensions to Drop Coal Companies
Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday signed 23 new environmental bills into law, banning tiny plastic beads in cosmetics that scientists say are polluting the ocean and San Francisco Bay, toughening oil pipeline laws and requiring the state's massive pension funds to sell off their coal stocks.
October 09, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Obama Signs Health Law Change to Help Medium-Sized Businesses
President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act, legislation introduced by U.S. 2nd District Rep. Brett Guthrie.
October 09, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Amid 99-Day Budget Impasse, Pennsylvania Lawmakers Reject Governor's Plan
In a major blow to Gov. Wolf's agenda, the state House on Wednesday soundly rejected his proposal to increase funding for Pennsylvania schools through tax hikes, creating more uncertainty about how or when the state's 99-day budget impasse would be resolved.
October 08, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Michigan Makes It Harder for Police to Seize People's Property
The Michigan Senate today passed legislation that will make it tougher for law enforcement agencies to seize private property and also require police to better document how and why they took the property.
October 08, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Housing Emergency Declared in Portland, Ore.
Portland is officially in a housing emergency. But what that actually means for the city's more than 1,800 people living on the street is still unclear.
October 08, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ohio Sues City That Decriminalized Marijuana
The Ohio Attorney General's Office filed suit Tuesday against the city of Toledo, asking a judge to declare invalid several key sections of the city's new "Sensible Marihuana Ordinance."
October 08, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Arkansas Calculates the Cost of Undoing Medicaid Expansion
Ending Medicaid expansion in Arkansas could have a “substantial cost” for the state, according to a consultant’s report.
October 08, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Intensifies Its Renewable Energy Goals But Concedes to Oil
By the end of 2030, half of California's electricity will come from the wind, the sun and other renewable sources under a new law that sets one of the country's most ambitious clean-energy targets.
October 08, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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