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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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Wisconsin Closer to Paying $400M for Bucks Stadium in Debt-Ridden County
After two days of backroom talks, state senators struck a bipartisan deal Wednesday and approved $250 million in public subsidies for a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks.
July 16, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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U.S. House OKs Short-Term Highway Fix With Intent to Reform Funding System
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to extend highway and transit funding through Dec. 18, in contrast with Senate Republicans, who want a longer extension.
July 16, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Illinois at Risk of Shutdown as Lawmakers Fail to Override Vetoes
Democrats who control the General Assembly were unable to corral enough votes to completely override Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's vetoes of a new state budget on Wednesday, leaving the state without full spending power as the political stalemate that threatens to shut down portions of state government showed no signs of dissipating.
July 16, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Uber Ordered to Pay $7.3 Million or Leave California
California regulators on Wednesday ordered Uber to pay a $7.3 million fine and hand over required information about safety and accessibility -- or shut down in the ride service's home state.
July 16, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Alaska Will Start Giving Victims a Bigger Voice in Parole Hearings
During its annual public meeting, the state's Parole Board on Wednesday unanimously passed proposed changes to Department of Corrections regulations, including rules on who is allowed to attend parole hearings largely kept secret from the public.
July 16, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California's New Method of Making Birth Control Easier to Get Is Catching On
California and Oregon will be the first states in the nation to allow women to get birth control pills and other hormonal contraceptives directly from their pharmacists – without a doctor’s prescription.
July 16, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Undercover Planned Parenthood Video Prompts Texas Probe
After an anti-abortion group on Tuesday released an undercover video showing an executive at Planned Parenthood discussing how to preserve an aborted fetus’s organs for medical research, Gov. Greg Abbott announced an investigation into the alleged practice.
July 15, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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How Oregon Is Tackling Police Profiling
Gov. Kate Brown signed legislation Monday aimed at curbing profiling by police.
July 15, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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The Only State in America to Cut College Tuition This Year
A state committee that oversees Washington's prepaid college tuition plan is considering refunding some, or even all, of the money parents and relatives poured into the plan in recent years.
July 15, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Missouri Bucks Nationwide Trend on Immigrant Tuition
Just one month before classes start, dozens, and possibly hundreds of Missouri college students are suddenly finding out their tuition is about to more than double because of a rule change passed by Missouri lawmakers.
July 15, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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