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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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Florida House Seeks End to Budget Stalemate
The Florida House made an offer on health care funding Thursday in hopes of ending a budget stalemate with the Senate in the final day of the legislative session.
April 24, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Dear Obama, This Is Why Maine's Governor Opposes a New National Park
While proponents continue their efforts to set aside 150,000 acres in northern Maine for a national park and recreation area, Gov. Paul LePage voiced his opposition to the plan in a letter addressed to President Barack Obama.
April 24, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Michigan Police Chief Resigns After Video-Captured Cop Beating
After intense pressure from civil rights advocates, the police chief of Inkster resigned Wednesday, three months after the beating of an autoworker in her city sparked national outrage.
April 23, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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NYC Mayor Integrates Income Inequality Into Environmental Plan
As Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday released a long-term blueprint for the city — calling on New Yorkers to send no waste to landfills by 2030, and aiming to lift 800,000 people from poverty or near-poverty in a decade, among other far-reaching goals — attention turned quickly to a follow-up question.
April 23, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Why Raisins Are the Star of a U.S. Supreme Court Case
The California raisins were back before the Supreme Court, and the justices sounded ready to rule in favor of a Fresno farmer in his long battle against a Depression-era law that allows the government to seize privately grown crops to reduce supply and prop up prices.
April 23, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Lawmakers Amend Mandatory Vaccine Bill to Satisfy Critics
A bill that would make vaccines mandatory for California schoolchildren passed its toughest committee Wednesday and now heads to a panel dominated by lawmakers who support the proposal.
April 23, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Wake of Freddie Gray's Death, Baltimore Mayor Turns to Post-Ferguson Playbook She Helped Write
The morning after Freddie Gray's death, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake sat at a table with two dozen clergy members, activists and community leaders she had invited to City Hall.
April 23, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Freddie Gray's Not the First to Die After Being in Baltimore Police's Custody
Freddie Gray gave a cry of pain as the arresting officers hoisted him to his feet. Something seemed wrong with his legs as he was dragged in handcuffs to a police van.
April 23, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kansas' Revenue Projections Sink Again After Deep Tax Cuts
Fed new revenue forecasts Monday, Kansas lawmakers now face roughly $400 million in tax increases or budget cuts in the wake of deep income tax cuts.
April 22, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Oklahoma Geologists Issue Strongest Statement Yet Linking Earthquakes to Drilling
Using some of its strongest language to date, the Oklahoma Geological Survey said Tuesday the state's ongoing earthquake swarm is "very unlikely to represent a naturally occurring process."
April 22, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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