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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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Houston Begins to Recover From Fatal Storms
As the sun came up Tuesday, just hours after an overnight torrent that flooded highways and inundated neighborhoods, greater Houston faced yet one more painful recovery brought on by its occasionally lethal mix of climate and topography.
May 27, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Appeals Court Sides With States Against Obama's Immigration Order
The Obama administration suffered another immigration setback Tuesday, as a divided federal appeals court declined to lift a injunction imposed by a Texas-based trial judge.
May 27, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas Governor Tours Sites of Historic Flooding
On a day that brought a new round of fierce thunderstorms and torrential rains, authorities continued a grim search Monday for 12 people still missing after being swept from riverfront homes, and property owners returned to dramatic scenes of destruction.
May 26, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Millionaire Tax Question 3 Votes Shy of Passing Illinois House
Democratic Speaker Michael Madigan's effort to ask voters to approve a measure to impose higher income taxes on millionaires failed in the House on Thursday, but provides the powerful Southwest Side politician ammunition to attack Republicans in next year's legislative campaigns.
May 26, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Citing Personal Story, Vermont Governor Makes Assisted Suicide Law Permanent
When Gov. Peter Shumlin signed physician-assisted suicide into law in 2013, he had no idea a member of a family he has known most of his life would be one of the first Vermonters to use the option.
May 26, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Maryland's GOP Governor Vetoes Felon-Voting Bill, Among Others
Gov. Larry Hogan took out his veto pen Friday, rejecting a bill that would allow felons to vote as soon as they leave prison rather than waiting to finish parole or probation.
May 26, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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To Curb Indiana's HIV Crisis, State Steps In When Governor Won't
With the number of new diagnoses of HIV in Scott County tapering off, Gov. Mike Pence will not renew an executive public health emergency order to help address the situation when the order expires Sunday, state health officials said Thursday.
May 26, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Cleveland Strikes Deal on Police Misconduct After Officer Is Acquitted
The Justice Department and Cleveland officials have agreed to settle a case alleging widespread misconduct by the city's police, the first such agreement reached under the new attorney general, Loretta Lynch, who took office last month.
May 26, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Unprecedented Deal, California Farmers Agree to Water Cuts
When California officials struck an unprecedented conservation deal Friday with a group of farmers who have the strongest claims on the state's dwindling water supply, it showed no one was immune from the fallout of the drought.
May 26, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
31 million
The number of people, which has doubled since 2003, who have health insurance but are paying so much for deductibles and out-of-pocket expenses that they're considered underinsured.
May 22, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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