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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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As Rents Skyrocket, More Cities Seek to Cap It
The city council in Richmond, California, voted last week to cap how much rent landlords could charge tenants in the San Francisco Bay Area city where rents have increased an estimated 30 percent over the last four years.
July 27, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ohio Pioneers Push to Regulate Public Health Agencies
They spend taxpayer dollars for vital tasks such as uncovering contaminated foods and stemming the spread of deadly diseases.
July 27, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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What Alaska’s Wildfire Season Says About Climate Change
Hundreds of wildfires are continually whipping across this state this summer, leaving in their wake millions of acres of charred trees and blackened earth.
July 27, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Bobby Jindal, an NRA Favorite, Calls for States to Toughen Gun Laws
Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana called for tougher gun laws in other states on Sunday, breaking his silence on the issue three days after a gunman with a history of mental illness and violence opened fire in a movie theater in the state’s fourth-largest city.
July 27, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Chicago's Pension Law Struck Down
A Cook County judge on Friday overturned the city's changes to two pension funds, declaring them "unconstitutional and void."
July 24, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ruling a (Possibly Temporary) Loss for LGBT in Houston
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the Houston City Council must repeal or put up for public vote a 2014 ordinance that extended protections to gay and transgender residents.
July 24, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Court Throws Out One of Rick Perry's Indictment Charges
A state appeals court on Friday ruled against one of two counts in the indictment against former Gov. Rick Perry.
July 24, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
It's a myth that there is a dormant time in the redistricting world.
Tim Storey, an elections expert at the National Conference of State Legislatures, who continued on to say that "For the past three decades, multiple lawsuits and special sessions devoted to redistricting have been the norm in the middle years of the decade."
July 24, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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The number of Oregon state employees who have asked the state to pay their legal bills in connection with the federal criminal investigation of former Gov. John Kitzhaber, who resigned in February.
July 24, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Even Environmentalists Praise Texas' Latest Move
The Texas Water Development Board has approved nearly $4 billion in financing for dozens of projects to increase water supplies across the state, and a handful to promote conservation.
July 24, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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