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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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Politicians Vow to Keep Guantanamo Bay Prisoners Out of South Carolina
Gov. Nikki Haley said Thursday she will fight any plans to move Guantanamo Bay detainees to a Naval brig outside Charleston.
August 24, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Michigan Fails to Fund Roads, Again
Gov. Rick Snyder met Thursday with House and Senate leaders from both parties as they tried to pick up the pieces from another failed attempt to strike a long-term funding deal to repair Michigan's faltering roads and bridges.
August 24, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Court Extends $15 Minimum Wage to Airport Workers Long After Washington City Raised It
Nearly two years after residents in the city of SeaTac narrowly passed a historic law bumping the minimum wage up to $15 an hour, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the law applies to workers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as well.
August 24, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Oklahoma Labor Commissioner Stabbed to Death
State Labor Commissioner Mark Costello was stabbed to death Sunday night at a northwest Oklahoma City restaurant in what sources say was an attempted reconciliation gone bad with his son.
August 24, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Why 2 Million People Aren't Taking Advantage of Insurance Subsidies
More than 2 million people with coverage on the health insurance exchanges may be missing out on subsidies that could lower their deductibles, copayments and maximum out-of-pocket spending limits, according to a new analysis by Avalere Health.
August 24, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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The First Municipal Bankruptcy Filing Since Detroit
Hillview, Kentucky, population 8,000, found a way to put itself on the map.
August 21, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas on Trial for Undrinkable Water
The state of Texas should have done more to protect the safety of drinking water for two small border communities in Webb County, defense lawyers argued Thursday in the criminal trial for two former water treatment plant employees.
August 21, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Pennsylvania Upgrades Kids' Mental Health and Vision Coverage
Gov. Wolf on Thursday announced a series of small benefits upgrades for all families with coverage though the Children's Health Insurance Program, effective Dec. 1.
August 21, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Fired for Not Going to Church?
A lawsuit filed against the Kansas Secretary of State's Office in federal court alleges that Assistant Secretary of State Eric Rucker fired a woman because she would not attend a Christian religious service.
August 21, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Can NYC Legally Regulate Topless Women in Times Square?
The young women approach tourists in Times Square and pose for photos, wearing nothing but a thong and a feathered headdress, their bare breasts painted with patriotic colors in a thin simulation of a bikini top. Then they ask for a tip.
August 21, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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