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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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Nebraska's Gay Marriage Ban Struck Down
A federal judge on Monday blocked Nebraska's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, though the ruling will not take effect immediately.
March 03, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski's Retirement Creates Rare Opening in Maryland
Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski's startling announcement Monday that she will not seek re-election in 2016 after more than four decades in elected office set off a political free-for-all as Maryland's most powerful politicians began to position themselves for the opportunity to run for a rare open seat.
March 03, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Sex Offender Housing Restrictions Overturned in California
The California Supreme Court decided unanimously Monday that blanket statewide restrictions on where sex offenders may live violate the constitutional rights of parolees in San Diego County -- and potentially those in other counties.
March 03, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Obama's Policing Task Force Releases Recommendations
A national policing commission set up by President Barack Obama after the police shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson is recommending independent investigations of police-involved deaths.
March 03, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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The Real Loser in Chicago's Mayoral Election
Rahm Emanuel's failure to avoid a runoff has less to do with him and more to do with Chicago's problems, which run deeper than many want to acknowledge.
March 02, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Thousands Rally Against Right-to-Work in Wisconsin
Their numbers may pale in comparison to the peak protest rallies of 2011, but the passion was much the same for those who showed up Saturday to demonstrate their opposition to right-to-work legislation in Wisconsin.
March 02, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Christie Quietly Reaps Obamacare's Budget Benefits
Gov. Christie's proposed budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1 assumes hundreds of millions of dollars in savings achieved through the expansion of Medicaid under President Obama's health-care law.
March 02, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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More Than 1 in 4 Foster Kids Miss Required Checkups
Twenty-nine percent of children taken from their families and placed in foster care failed to receive at least one required medical checkup, the Health and Human Services Department Office of the Inspector General said in a report out today.
March 02, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Study: Obamacare Premiums Could Triple If Court Tosses Subsidies
The cost of healthcare premiums could rise as much 779 percent if the Supreme Court erases ObamaCare subsidies in a majority of states this year, according to a new study.
March 02, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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GOP Governors Carry Their States' Fiscal Baggage to CPAC
After bolting to national prominence on a record of bringing public employee unions to heel and taming runaway pension costs like those that have challenged state governments across the country, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie hit a very large hurdle recently.
March 02, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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