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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.

News in Numbers
Quadrupled since 2001
Percent of children under 2 who haven’t received any vaccinations.
October 12, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
It's easy to say, 'It's the law, I'm sorry, guys, I can't do it. ... The history of this country is about change brought about by people having the courage to say, 'This law makes no sense.'
Ed Rendell, a former Pennsylvania governor, mayor and district attorney, on why he joined the board of a nonprofit seeking to open the nation's first safe injection facility where addicts can use illegal drugs under medical supervision as a way to combat the opioid crisis. Such facilities violate federal law.
October 11, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Death Penalty Ruled Unconstitutional by Washington State Supreme Court
In a strongly worded decision that faulted the state's use of the death penalty as being "arbitrary" and "racially biased," the Washington state Supreme Court on Thursday abolished capital punishment.
October 11, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Obamacare Premiums Will Drop for the First Time, and by Double Digits in Some States
Health insurance premiums in the 39 states that use HealthCare.gov will fall 1.5 percent on average for the most commonly purchased plans in 2019, marking the first time that rates have dropped since the 2010 health care law was implemented.
October 11, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Amid Overtime Investigation, Massachusetts Police Destroy Years of Payroll Records
The Massachusetts State Police's effort to get rid of payroll records was "completely consistent with standard operating procedure" but not something they should be doing amid questions of payroll and overtime abuse, Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday.
October 11, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
26-Year-Old Massachusetts Mayor Arrested for Fraud That Financed a Lavish Lifestyle
A Mercedes, jewelry, designer shoes and trips to casinos; the young mayor of Fall River was living the high life, but federal investigators say it was done with stolen cash.
October 11, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Sick of Illegal Robocalls? States Want the FCC to Crack Down on Them.
Virtually anyone can send millions of illegal robocalls and frustrate law enforcement with just a computer, inexpensive software and an internet connection, according to a coalition of 34 state attorneys general.
October 11, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Why Is Only Florida Exempt From Trump's Offshore Drilling Plan? New Jersey Sues to Find Out.
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal on Wednesday sued the federal government for failing to answer his Freedom of Information Act request seeking why Florida -- but no other Atlantic seaboard states -- was excluded from a plan to expand offshore oil drilling.
October 11, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Attack Ads Fly as Hurricane Michael Strikes Florida
Before Hurricane Michael's 155-mile-per-hour winds blasted the Florida Panhandle Wednesday afternoon and eventually knocked out the power to thousands of households, scores of voters watching TV for news of the approaching hurricane were also presented with dark and stormy ads about statewide political candidates.
October 11, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$514.6 million
Cost of Oregon wildfires this year, which is an all-time high for the state. More than 1,800 fires burned 846,411 acres.
October 11, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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