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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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Frequency of marijuana arrests, which increased last year, largely because of a rise in consumption busts. Arrests for distribution dropped.
September 25, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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The use of tampons or menstrual cup products are no longer permitted to be worn during visitation.
Memo from the Virginia Department of Corrections about its new policy banning women from wearing tampons during prison visits. The department says they could be used to smuggle in drugs or other contraband.
September 25, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Connecticut Updates Statehouse Sexual Harassment Policy
More than one in five respondents to a survey about sexual harassment at the state Capitol have experienced unwanted sexual contact, uncomfortable visits or phone calls, sexually provocative jokes and stories and other forms of inappropriate workplace behavior.
September 24, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump Administration Releases Rule Targeting Legal Immigrants Who Use Government Benefits
Immigrants who rely on public benefits for food, housing and medical care could be denied green cards under new rules put forth Saturday by the Trump administration that would in effect limit family-based "chain migration," as the president calls it.
September 24, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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States -- up from 15 last year -- that could not weather a moderate economic downturn without resorting to budget cuts, according to Moody's Analytics.
September 24, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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You’re probably thinking, 'This is just a vibrator, and why don’t you launch a campaign against vibrators?' I don’t think there’s an argument that women are going to be able to marry their vibrators by 2050.
Kathleen Richardson, a robotic ethics professor who leads the Campaign Against Sex Robots.
September 24, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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50 out of 93
State or local candidates endorsed by Democratic Socialists and advancing to the general election.
September 21, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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He talked about the whole thing, the marijuana, sanctuary state... better criminal justice reform. Christ almighty, in other words let the blacks come in, do whatever the f-- they want.
Comments about the New Jersey governor's inauguration speech caught on tape. They were allegedly made by Michael Saudino, the sheriff of Bergen County, and have led the governor, Phil Murphy, to call for his resignation.
September 21, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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2 States Sue Trump Administration Over Methane Rule Repeal
California and New Mexico sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its action to repeal requirements aimed at reducing methane leakage on federal and tribal lands, according to California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.
September 20, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Weeks Before Election, Ex-Girlfriend of Minnesota's Keith Ellison Posts Medical Record Alleging Abuse
U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison's former girlfriend Karen Monahan has posted a medical document on social media that shows she told a doctor in 2017 that she had been in an abusive relationship with Ellison.
September 20, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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