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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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Body Camera Video Shows Tulsa Police 'Accidentally' Shoot Suspect
A reserve sheriff's deputy accidentally shot an unarmed man with a gun instead of a Taser, and Oklahoma law enforcement officials berated the man as he lay dying on the ground, according to body-camera footage released this weekend.
April 13, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kansas AG Asks Supreme Court to Block Voter-Approved Marijuana Measure
Attorney General Derek Schmidt is asking the state Supreme Court to strike down the ballot initiative Wichita voters passed Tuesday to reduce penalties for marijuana possession.
April 10, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In North Charleston, Residents Say Jim Crow Lives On
To many black residents, the overt hatred and segregation that ruled this place during the Jim Crow era has morphed into something more insidious: the routine traffic stop.
April 10, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Seniority Doesn't Matter Anymore on Wisconsin's Supreme Court
Voters on Tuesday approved letting state Supreme Court justices choose who will lead them -- a change to a 126-year-old system that is likely to result in the demotion of Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson.
April 10, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Medical Marijuana Debate Dead in Tennessee 'Til 2016
A Republican-backed effort to legalize marijuana for limited medicinal purposes in Tennessee is officially dead for the year.
April 10, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Round 2, State-Run Health Exchanges Lagged Behind Federal
Washington was one of two states nationwide in which the number of people buying health insurance through government-run exchanges went down in the second round of open enrollment, which ended in February.
April 10, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ex-Gov. Lincoln Chafee Could Run Against Hillary
Lincoln Chafee on Thursday became the second Republican-turned-Democrat to offer himself as an alternative to all-but declared presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
April 10, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ohio Urges Every Local Government to Post Their Spending Online
Putting the checkbooks of cities, counties, villages, townships and schools online, state Auditor Dave Yost says, could accomplish that rarest of things: restoring Ohioans faith in government.
April 09, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Pennsylvania AG Fires Official Who Testified in Her Case
Attorney General Kathleen Kane fired the head of her appeals office Wednesday and had armed agents escort him from the office.
April 09, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Obama Comes Out in Support of Banning Gay Conversion Therapy
The Obama administration spoke out Wednesday against using so-called conversion therapy on minors, saying the practice, in which mental health providers try to change a person's sexuality or gender identity, "is neither medically nor ethically appropriate."
April 09, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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