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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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HHS Unveils Rules to Ban Discrimination of Transgender Patients
The Obama administration issued a sweeping proposal Thursday to bolster civil rights protections in health care, barring medical providers and insurers from discriminating based on gender, whether in treatments or access to facilities or services.
September 08, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Caps Superintendent's Severance Pay
Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation to reduce the amount of severance pay California school boards can offer departing superintendents, some of whom were collecting six-figure payouts after being fired.
September 04, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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With Just a Week Left, Jerry Brown Joins Legislative Session
Last month, Gov. Jerry Brown raised eyebrows by dodging questions about debates over legislation and joking that he stands "above the fray."
September 04, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Makes Data on Police Killings Open to Public
Saying that increased transparency can help ease tensions between police and the public, California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris on Wednesday unlocked state databases on police killings and arrests, while saying law enforcement agencies should be required to report more information about incidents involving force.
September 04, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Rahm Emanuel Pushes Largest Property Tax Hike in Chicago's History
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday defended the massive property tax hike he's set to propose in his new budget, even as some of the aldermen who will be asked to approve it are balking at the idea of voting for what would easily be the largest property tax increase in modern Chicago history.
September 04, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Oregon Judge Refuses to Perform Same-Sex Marriages
Marion County Circuit Judge Vance Day, a former chairman of the Oregon Republican Party, took steps Thursday to create a legal defense fund in an apparent response to his decision not to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies.
September 04, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kentucky Clerk Jailed for Refusing to Issue Gay Marriage Licenses
When gay and lesbian couples return to the Rowan County clerk's office Friday, deputies are expected to finally grant the requests for marriage licenses even though their boss remained in a Kentucky jail after she refused to issue the documents because of her religious objections.
September 03, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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The Person Standing Between the Press and the Government
Mediators can either make the already-uneasy relationship between reporters and public officials worse or better.
September 03, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Missouri Auditor Makes Unfair Court Practices a Priority
Critics of the St. Louis-area municipal courts have long pointed to an absence of oversight in state government that allowed some municipal courts to operate as constitutionally deficient revenue machines.
September 03, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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6 Baltimore Officers in Freddie Gray Case to Be Tried Separately
A circuit judge ruled Wednesday that the case against six Baltimore police officers charged in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray will go forward in separate trials, with Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby remaining at the helm of the prosecution.
September 03, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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