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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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Texas' Greg Abbott on Obama's Immigration Order: I'm Going to Sue
Texas Gov.-elect Greg Abbott didn’t mince words while reacting to President Obama’s executive action that grants amnesty to roughly 5 million illegals, saying simply in a tweeted message: I’m going to sue.
November 21, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Arizona Sheriff Arpaio Sues Obama over Immigration
Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who has frequently butted heads with the federal government over the treatment of undocumented immigrants in Arizona, said Thursday that he was suing President Obama over Obama's recently unveiled immigration reform order.
November 21, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas and Wisconsin May Lead Legal Fight against Obama's Immigration Order
The rapidly unfolding issue quickly overtook what was supposed to be a three-day victory lap here at a pink flamingo-colored resort where they have gathered for the annual meeting of the Republican Governors Association.
November 20, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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D.C. Council Votes to Overhaul Asset Forfeiture Program
The D.C. Council on Tuesday agreed to overhaul the city’s civil asset forfeiture program with a bill that would give property owners new rights and eventually require that seizure proceeds go into the city’s general fund rather than to the police department.
November 19, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Colorado Marijuana Rules Group Adjourns without a Decision on Edibles
Instead, the working group — which had been meeting for months — decided to submit more than a dozen different and often conflicting ideas for new regulations to the legislature, which will re-argue the issue beginning in January.
November 18, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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First Abortion Regulations Proposed After Passage of Tennessee Amendment
A state House member has introduced legislation that would enact a mandatory ultrasound and waiting period for women seeking abortions, the first formally proposed restriction on abortion after this month's passage of Amendment 1.
November 18, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Former Georgia Gov. Sanders, a Champion of Better Government, Dies
Former Georgia Governor Carl E. Sanders, Sr., a statesman, businessman and philanthropist, champion of education and better government, died Sunday. He was 89.
November 17, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Democratic Gov. Cuomo's Top Donors Strongly Backed Republican Candidates
Governor Andrew Cuomo's top donors contributed six times as much to help elect Republicans to the State Senate as they did to similar efforts to help Democrats, a Capital New York analysis shows.
November 17, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Local Resistance Aids Drop in Detaining Immigrants in Jail
Federal requests to hold undocumented immigrants in Texas jails longer so they can possibly be deported have dropped by the thousands, according to report released Wednesday.
November 14, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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D.C. Appeals Court Drops Obamacare Case for Now
A federal appeals court on Wednesday delayed plans to handle a challenge to the Obama administration's health care law because the Supreme Court is stepping into a separate case covering the same legal ground.
November 14, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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