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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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Indiana Governor Won't Say Whether Businesses Can Now Legally Refuse Gay Customers
It's a simple question -- but also one of the most contentious in Indiana, which is under siege by LGBT activists urging a boycott of the state.
March 30, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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One of Rahm Emanuel's Biggest Critics Endorses His Re-Election
Standing in the basement dining room of a West Loop Greek restaurant Sunday afternoon, Mayor Rahm Emanuel accepted the endorsement of one of his chief antagonists -- former mayoral candidate and outgoing 2nd Ward Ald. Bob Fioretti.
March 30, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New York Budget Deal Includes Ethics Reforms
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislative leaders on Sunday night reached an agreement on the next state budget, capping weeks of deliberations over issues like deterring public corruption and improving public schools.
March 30, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Districts Try to Block Kansas' School Funding Law
Lawyers representing Wichita and 47 other Kansas school districts petitioned a court Thursday to block a new school finance law signed by Gov. Sam Brownback.
March 30, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Steep Costs of Inmate Phone Calls Under Scrutiny
Since the Pennsylvania police arrested Anthony Kofalt last March for walking out of a Walmart with 21 boxes of Crest White Strips he had not paid for, his wife, Heather, has spent $3,000 — about $60 a week — on phone calls to the prisons and jails where he has been held.
March 30, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Until we move past scandals toward structural change, our democracy will suffer too.
Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham University law professor who ran unsuccessfully for governor of New York last year on an anticorruption platform.
March 30, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Chicago Gets High Early Voting Turnout
Chicago voters turned out in large numbers for the first two days of early voting ahead of the mayoral runoff, and suburban voters in the upcoming election will get newly designed stickers to show everybody they cast ballots, election officials announced.
March 26, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Medical Marijuana Measure Dies in North Carolina
A state House committee unanimously rejected a proposal to legalize medical marijuana after an emotional hourlong hearing that ended with a legislator saying he was assaulted by a marijuana advocate.
March 26, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kansas Overhauls School Funding Formula
A bill that overhauls the way schools are funded in Kansas was signed by Gov. Sam Brownback in a closed ceremony Wednesday.
March 26, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New York Governor Drops Dream Act From Budget
After Republican and Democratic leaders could not agree on a proposal that linked immigration reform with an education tax credit in Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s proposed budget, the governor said on Tuesday that both would be dropped as negotiations continued.
March 26, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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