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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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States Cut Work Programs for Prisoners
With the lunch hour near and the temperature in the 80s, the only souls in sight outside the courthouse here were two men taking turns aiming a pressure washer’s nozzle at the steps of the building.
June 03, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Oregon Finds Out Pension Ruling's Big Price
Another budgetary storm is brewing in Oregon's public pension system, according to figures shared Friday with the pension system's board and the five-member citizens panel that oversees its investments.
June 02, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Lax Enforcement of Aging, Unsafe Dams Puts Ohioans At Risk
Hundreds of aging earthen dams in Ohio are in disrepair and many are unsafe. Thousands of people downstream could be in the path of floodwater if those dams fail.
June 02, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Preparing for Shutdown, Alaska Sends 10,000 Layoff Notices
Gov. Bill Walker said Monday he's still hoping for a budget solution from the Alaska Legislature but that without one he has no choice but to move forward with planning for a shutdown of unfunded government agencies.
June 02, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Medicaid Expansion Poised for Failure as Florida Begins Special Session
House and Senate committees met separately but simultaneously to discuss Medicaid expansion on the first day of the special session.
June 02, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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2 Philadelphia Democrats Plead Guilty in Sting Case
A current member and former member of the state House of Representatives pleaded guilty Monday to corruption charges, bringing to three the number of Philadelphia Democrats convicted in the resurrected "sting" case.
June 02, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas Legalizes Use of Medical Marijuana Oil for Some
Offering what he said would be "healing and hope for children who are afflicted by relentless seizures caused by epilepsy," Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation Monday legalizing low-THC cannabis oils as treatment for certain medical conditions.
June 02, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Why Texas Legislature's 2015 Session Will Be Forgotten
What makes a legislative session epic, or at least interesting, is peril: a Legislature facing some sort of crisis.
June 01, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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What Arkansas Accomplished In Its Special Session
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Friday signed into law all bills passed during the special session, including measures to authorize a bond issue for an economic-development project in southern Arkansas and move the state primary elections to March.
June 01, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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How Tennessee's Biggest Insurer Profited While Losing Money to Obamacare
Tennessee's biggest health insurer helped ensure its own profits remained healthy last year by selling its stake in an IT company to offset extra taxes and higher-than-expected medical claims from its new Obamacare health plans.
June 01, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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