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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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Colorado Reduces Time Spent Taking Standardized Tests
Gov. John Hickenlooper signed two bills Wednesday morning that will reduce the time Colorado students spend taking standardized tests by an estimated 30 hours between kindergarten and graduation.
May 21, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Conservative Nebraska Could Be Next to Abolish the Death Penalty
The death penalty may be holding on by its last thread in Nebraska.
May 21, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Company Responsible for California Oil Spill Has High Rate of Safety Infractions
Plains Pipeline, the large Texas-based company responsible for the pipe that ruptured in Santa Barbara County, has accumulated 175 safety and maintenance infractions since 2006, according to federal records.
May 21, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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For the First Time in America, a Doctors Organization Drops Opposition to Assisted Suicide
The California Medical Association has become the first state medical association in the nation to drop opposition to what has long been known as "physician-assisted suicide," it said, acknowledging a shift in doctor and patient attitudes about end-of-life and aid-in-dying options.
May 21, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kansas Lawmakers May Expand Medicaid If...
Some legislators are considering the possibility of eliminating the state’s earned income tax credit in exchange for expanding its Medicaid program.
May 21, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Judge Halts New Fracking Permits in North Carolina
A Wake County judge on Wednesday barred the state commission that regulates fracking from issuing drilling permits, pending the outcome of a lawsuit between the governor and legislative leaders.
May 21, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kentucky AG Wins Democratic Nomination for Governor
In the least suspenseful contest of the night, Attorney General Jack Conway secured the Kentucky Democratic Party's gubernatorial nomination Tuesday.
May 21, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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GOP Primary for Kentucky Governor Too Close to Call
Republican James Comer asked Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes late Wednesday for "a full and complete check and recanvass" of Tuesday's vote in the GOP primary election for governor.
May 21, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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How Cell Phones Strain 911, The Importance of Follow-Through in Policymaking, Why Fraud Goes Undetected, and More
A roundup of public-sector management news you need to know.
May 20, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Republican Beats Democratic Incumbent in Jacksonville Mayor's Race
Lenny Curry, the energetic Jacksonville businessman-turned chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, defeated Mayor Alvin Brown Tuesday, only the second time in recent history a sitting mayor has lost re-election.
May 20, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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