✕

Internet Explorer 11 is not supported

For optimal browsing, we recommend Chrome, Firefox or Safari browsers.
GOVERNING Avatar Logo

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.

Archive
White House Announces New Plan to Combat Heroin in 15 States
The White House Office of Drug Policy said Monday that $2.5 million will be spent on a new initiative designed to combat the use and trafficking of heroin in 15 states, including Connecticut, by linking public health and law enforcement agencies with the goal of emphasizing treatment over punishment.
August 18, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
California Lawmakers Return to Tackle Major Issues
When state lawmakers return to the Capitol from their summer recess on Monday, awaiting them will be elements of a potential megadeal that could resolve three of the major issues they must tackle in the month that remains before adjourning for the year.
August 17, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
In Ohio, Medicaid Enrollment Exceeded Expectations for $2 Billion Less
Despite higher-than-expected enrollment of Ohioans newly eligible for Medicaid, overall costs of the tax-funded health-insurance program in the most-recent fiscal year were nearly $2 billion below original estimates.
August 17, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Georgia Abandons Pilot to Expand Medicaid
The state has decided not to move ahead with a plan to get the federal government to provide more Medicaid funding for an experimental program aimed at helping Grady Hospital and struggling rural hospitals.
August 17, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
What Kasich's Latest Endorsement Means
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley is expected to endorse John Kasich for president this morning, a move that the Ohio governor's supporters say illustrates three key facts.
August 17, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
15 States Join Forces With Coal Industry to Block Obama's Climate Rules
President Barack Obama's climate change plan will be challenged in in the courts this fall, when lawyers for at least 15 states join the coal and power industries to block the carbon-reducing rules before they take effect.
August 17, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Ballot Selfies Win Court Approval in New Hampshire
A U.S. District Court judge on Tuesday struck down the state law banning "ballot selfies," calling the prohibition "a content-based restriction on speech that cannot survive strict scrutiny."
August 14, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Court Fines Washington State $100,000 for Each Day It Underfunds Education
Prodded by a $100,000-a-day fine, Gov. Jay Inslee and legislative leaders plan to dive back into the school-spending dispute Monday after the latest state Supreme Court repudiation of Washington's chronic underfunding of public schools.
August 14, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Court Extends Connecticut's Death Penalty Ban
Michael B. Ross wanted to die. He'd wanted to die for years, but the state of Connecticut couldn't manage to kill him.
August 14, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Bush and Walker Claim to Have Defunded Planned Parenthood, But Did They Really?
The undercover videos purporting to show officials of Planned Parenthood bargaining over the sale of fetal tissue have made the promise to defund the organization one of the most popular refrains on the Republican presidential campaign trail.
August 14, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Load More
gov-footer-logo-2024.png
GT-footer-logo.png
II-footer-logo.png
NAV-footer-logo.png
CDG-footer-logo.png
CDE-footer-logo.png
CPSAI-footer-logo.png
EM-footer-logo.png