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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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Rick Scott Calls for Cutting Taxes, Spending More on Schools and Jobs
The 2015 session of the Legislature began Tuesday with two starkly different visions of Florida, as Republicans and Democrats used the opening day to mark their political territory and set contrasting priorities for the next two months.
March 04, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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3 States and 2 Tribes Get $27 Million to Fight Childhood Hunger
The Obama administration, as part of a broader push to address persistent poverty and childhood hunger in rural areas, said Tuesday that it would provide millions of dollars in grants to help several economically distressed communities.
March 04, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas GOP Says Medicaid Expansion 'Simply Not Worth Discussing'
Leading Texas Republicans on Monday asked the Obama administration for greater flexibility to administer Medicaid — a move that has gotten little traction in the past — while reiterating that they would not participate in an expansion of the program under the Affordable Care Act.
March 04, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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West Virginia Governor Vetoes Abortion Bill
West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin vetoed legislation Tuesday that would ban abortions at 20 weeks' pregnancy, noting that the law would not pass constitutional muster.
March 04, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Alabama Supreme Court Defies Federal Judge's Gay Marriage Ruling
Alabama's highest court once again ordered judges not to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, defying a federal judge who struck down the state's ban on such unions as unconstitutional and ignoring the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to intervene.
March 04, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Feds to Fault Ferguson Police and Courts for Violating the Constitution
Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to announce Wednesday that a Department of Justice investigation found patterns of racial bias in Ferguson's police and municipal court that violate the Constitution and federal law.
March 04, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf's 2015 Budget Address (Text and Video)
Read the governor's annual address.
March 03, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Florida Governor Rick Scott's 2015 State of the State Speech (Text and Video)
Read and watch the governor's speech here.
March 03, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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John Kasich in D.C. for Netanyahu’s Speech
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a possible presidential candidate, has flown to Washington for Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress.
March 03, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ex-Superintendent in Atlanta Cheating Scandal Dies Facing Criminal Charges
Beverly L. Hall, the former Atlanta schools superintendent whose renown as an education reformer dissolved amid the ignominy of the nation's largest test-cheating scandal, died Monday of breast cancer. She was 68.
March 03, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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