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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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Alaska Governor Bill Walker's 2015 State of the State Speech (Text and Video)
Read and watch the governor's annual address.
January 22, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Arrested in Corruption Case
The powerful speaker of the New York State Assembly, Sheldon Silver, was arrested on federal corruption charges on Thursday, sending shock waves through the political establishment and upending the new legislative session.
January 22, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Nation's Only Independent Governor Offers Few Details in State of the State
Gov. Bill Walker on Wednesday used his first State of the State address to put a positive, up-by-your-bootstraps spin on Alaska’s tough fiscal predicament, though he offered Alaskans few concrete details on the steps he’ll take to reach the goals outlined in his speech.
January 22, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley's 2015 State of the State Speech (Text and Video)
Read the governor's annual address.
January 22, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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South Carolina's GOP Governor Warms to Raising the Gas Tax
Gov. Nikki Haley is proposing fixing the state’s roads with an increase in the gas tax over three years, provided lawmakers also reduce the state’s income tax rate and restructure the state’s highway commission.
January 22, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New Jersey to Review Safety of Every Bridge
The fight over New Jersey’s nearly-broke transportation fund ratcheted up two notches Tuesday when Transportation Commissioner Jamie Fox called for immediate safety inspections on every bridge in the state and local officials were warned not to count on $200 million in state transportation aid this year.
January 22, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's 2015 State of the State Speech (Text and Video)
Read and watch the governor's annual address.
January 22, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Feds Not Expected to Fault Officer in Ferguson Case
Justice Department lawyers will recommend that no civil rights charges be brought against the police officer who fatally shot an unarmed teenager in Ferguson, Mo., after an F.B.I. investigation found no evidence to support charges, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
January 22, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Judge Rejects Bid to Keep Stockton in Bankruptcy
A bankruptcy judge Tuesday dismissed an effort to keep Stockton mired in bankruptcy while a creditor challenges a decision that lets the city pay its CalPERS pension bills in full.
January 21, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Colorado Scraps Medical Marijuana Rules
A marijuana fight is headed back to the Colorado statehouse.
January 21, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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