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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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Justices Debate Christie's Pension Cuts
The Christie administration on Wednesday told the New Jersey Supreme Court that granting public workers a contractual right to pension funding would violate the state constitution and place a "fiscal stranglehold on the state in perpetuity."
May 07, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Florida Governor's Meeting in D.C. Yields No Change
Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s high-stakes visit to Washington Wednesday to persuade the Obama administration to keep the federal government’s $1 billion in annual funding for hospital care of the poor produced no breakthrough.
May 07, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California, Suffering With a $26 Billion Deficit Not Long Ago, Now Has an $8 Billion Surplus
In the clearest sign yet that the Great California Recovery is proceeding on pace, Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins announced Tuesday that the state's revenue has climbed as much as $8 billion in the last four months.
May 07, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Missouri's GOP Legislature Overrides Governor's Veto of Welfare Cuts
Republicans used their supermajorities in the Missouri Legislature on Tuesday to override Gov. Jay Nixon's veto and enact a bill that the GOP says will reform welfare.
May 07, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Days After Feds Announce New Rules, Oil Train Explosion Evacuates Town
When the Obama administration imposed new safety rules on oil trains last week, the railroad industry said its goal was to have zero accidents in the future.
May 07, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Why Uber Is Pulling Out of Kansas
Uber halted its service in Kansas on Tuesday afternoon after state legislators overrode the governor's veto of a bill regulating on-demand transportation companies.
May 06, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Who Killed Online Voter Registration in Texas?
A bill to bring online voter registration to Texas is dead thanks to a small but vocal group of officials from the state's largest county, according to the measure's sponsor, state Rep. Celia Israel. But Israel, whose legislation had the backing of a majority of the Texas House, says she's not giving up.
May 06, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Tennessee Legalizes Medical Marijuana Oil
It's now legal to use cannabis oil for limited medical purposes in Tennessee.
May 06, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Michigan Voters Refuse Tax Hike for Roads
Proposal 1, likely one of the most complicated and confusing questions ever placed on a Michigan ballot, was soundly rejected Tuesday as many voters expressed anger at lawmakers and state government for failing to come up with a better solution to the sorry state of the roads.
May 06, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Arizona Court Backs In-State Tuition for 'Dreamers'
The head of the Maricopa County Community College District said he hopes that a ruling allowing in-state tuition for "dreamers" will lead to more young immigrants attending the colleges.
May 06, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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