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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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Kansas Governor Proposes Tax Increases After Failed Cuts
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, whose massive tax cuts became a cause célèbre for conservatives but threw his state’s budget into disarray, announced Friday that he would pursue tax increases.
January 19, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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CMS Leader Marilyn Tavenner Steps Down
Marilyn Tavenner, who oversees the nation's Medicare and Medicaid programs and played a central role in implementing the Affordable Care Act, is stepping down.
January 19, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After 14 Years in Office, Gov. Rick Perry Says Goodbye -- and Hello
This is a leap, but not a long one: Gov. Rick Perry started his second bid for the Republican nomination for president on Thursday, delivering a valedictory speech to the Texas Legislature on his way out of an office he has held for more than 14 years.
January 16, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Arizona Becomes First State Requiring Students to Pass Civics Test
Arizona will become the first state to require students to pass a civics test to graduate from high school, following swift moves Thursday by state legislators and Gov. Doug Ducey.
January 16, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kansas Governor Proposes Major Changes to Education Funding, Elections and Supreme Court Selections
Gov. Sam Brownback endorsed remaking how the state funds public schools and putting the state's creditors at the front of the line for payments from state coffers in an ambitious State of the State speech Thursday night.
January 16, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kansas Governor Sam Brownback's 2015 State of the State Speech (Text and Video)
Read and watch the governor's annual address.
January 16, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Warning Signs Overlooked in Hiring for Correction Officers
A recent applicant for a job as a correction officer at New York City jails had several friends who were gang members. Another had been arrested four times and had been fired from a job as a security guard for stealing from the business he was supposedly guarding.
January 15, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe's 2015 State of the State Speech (Text and Video)
Read and watch the governor's annual address.
January 15, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Virginia Governor Pushes Failed Gun, Medicaid Measures Again
In a 5,500-word State of the Commonwealth speech Wednesday night that was bullish on Virginia and absent partisan criticism, Gov. Terry McAuliffe urged the Republican-controlled General Assembly to work with him on bolstering the economy and creating jobs.
January 15, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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West Virginia Reverses Controversial Changes to Climate Change Curriculum
West Virginia education officials on Wednesday retreated from an earlier curriculum decision that expressed doubts about widely held views of climate change.
January 15, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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