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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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Feds, States Hire More to Help People Navigate Health Exchanges
The federal and state health insurance exchanges open for business Saturday amid guarded optimism that the seemingly successful window-shopping period on HealthCare.gov earlier this week suggests things will go better than last year's torturous roll-out.
November 14, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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1,000 Sex Crime-Related Cases Not Investigated in New Orleans
The report is full of harrowing details alleging that five New Orleans Police Department detectives in the special victims unit may have failed to investigate sex crimes over a three-year period.
November 13, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New York to Help Other Cities Clear Rape-Kit Backlogs
In 2000, New York had 17,000 untested rape kits, a yearslong accumulation of potential evidence in some of the city’s most violent crimes. Over the next four years, in a push to clear the backlog, the city had the kits tested. The result was 49 indictments connected to unsolved cases in Manhattan alone.
November 13, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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U.N. Drugs Agency Concerned About U.S. States' Pot Legalization
Moves by some U.S. states to legalize marijuana are not in line with international drugs conventions, the U.N. anti-narcotics chief said on Wednesday, adding he would discuss the issue in Washington next week.
November 13, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Outgoing Gov. Beebe Plans to Pardon His Son
Outgoing Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe said Wednesday he plans to pardon his son's felony marijuana conviction, arguing he deserves the same second chance as hundreds of other nonviolent offenders.
November 13, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Gifts: Pennsylvania Allows Them But the New Governor Won't
Gov.-elect Tom Wolf is restricting members of his transition team from accepting gifts of any kind, a ban that he soon plans to extend throughout the executive branch of state government.
November 12, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Maryland's New GOP Governor Won't Reveal Policy Plans Til After Inauguration
Gov.-elect Larry Hogan (R) said Tuesday that his transition team is working hard to “put a government together” but that he does not plan to talk publicly about substantive policy issues until he is sworn in.
November 12, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Before Grand Jury Ruling, Gov. Nixon Tries to Reassure Ferguson Protesters and Public
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said the “pillars of safety and speech” will mark how law enforcement responds to any unrest after a grand jury decides the fate of the 28-year-old police officer who fatally shot an unarmed teenager more than three months ago.
November 12, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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HUD Investigating Veterans' Housing Discrimination Complaints
For Anthony Mitchell, the Fourth Quarter Residences were a godsend, a low-rent haven for homeless and disabled veterans at a time when he and his wife were living in their car.
November 11, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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School Districts Sue Pennsylvania over School Funding
Alleging that Pennsylvania's education-funding system is "irrational and inequitable," a group of parents, school districts, and organizations on Monday sued the commonwealth, saying it had failed to provide all students with an appropriate education.
November 11, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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