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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's Not the Only State Banning Some From Discussing Climate Change
A Wisconsin state board made up of elected officials voted 2-1 Tuesday to ban staff members of a small agency from on-the-job discussion or work related to climate change.
April 09, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kansas Becomes First State to Ban This Common Abortion Procedure
Kansas became the first state Tuesday to ban a common second-trimester abortion procedure that critics describe as dismembering a fetus.
April 09, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Teacher Pension Law Upheld in Michigan Supreme Court
The Michigan Supreme Court, rejecting arguments from unions, has upheld a 2012 state law requiring teachers and other school employees to put more of their pay toward their pension plans or face cuts to benefits such as post-retirement health care.
April 09, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Voters in Kansas Approve Looser Marijuana Penalties
Now that a win for marijuana reform is in the books in Kansas' largest city, the focus shifts to Topeka, where the attorney general has called Wichita's voter-approved initiative unlawful and the Legislature could consider as many as three marijuana-related bills in the coming weeks.
April 08, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Florida Governor Flip-Flops on Medicaid Expansion
Gov. Rick Scott threw more cold water Monday on the state Senate's push for expanding health insurance for low-income Floridians, saying it was too risky to rely on support from the federal government.
April 08, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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What Caused the White House and Much of Washington to Lose Power
A downed power transmission line in southern Maryland caused a momentary loss of power that led to "widespread outages" in the nation's capital Tuesday afternoon, according to officials.
April 08, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Judge Refuses to Lift Hold on Obama's Immigration Plan
A federal judge refused late Tuesday to lift a temporary hold on President Obama's executive action seeking to shield up to 5 million immigrants from deportation.
April 08, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Chicago's Rahm Emanuel Wins Re-Election; Now Comes the Hard Part
With his re-election victory Tuesday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel renewed his lease on a municipal fixer-upper, one with buckling and painful-to-repair financial underpinnings caused by decades of deferred maintenance.
April 08, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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With Increased Turnout, Ferguson Voters Elect 3 Black Councilmembers
For the first time in Ferguson's 120-year history, the City Council will have three black members, but even so, Tuesday's election was less than a clear victory for the throngs of volunteers who poured into the city in a last-minute push to sway voters.
April 08, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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South Carolina Police Officer Charged With Murder in Shooting of Unarmed Black Man
A South Carolina police officer was charged with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed black man after authorities obtained a video that showed him unleash a volley of gunfire while the victim ran away, officials said.
April 08, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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