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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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Rick Snyder
Governor
2014
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Mike Hein
County Executive
2014
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2014
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Police Use Wish Lists When Deciding What to Take from People
The practice of civil forfeiture has come under fire in recent months, amid a spate of negative press reports and growing outrage among civil rights advocates, libertarians and members of Congress who have raised serious questions about the fairness of the practice, which critics say runs roughshod over due process rights.
November 10, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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AG: Maryland Lacks Authority to Execute Its Death-Row Inmates
Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler said Thursday that the state does not have the legal authority to execute the four men who remain on death row following the legislature’s decision last year to abolish capital punishment.
November 10, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Democrats Create Competition for Conservative Groups in States
Chastened by the conservative movement’s startling success at using national money to dominate state legislatures, liberal activists this week will ask top donors to support a plan to reverse the precipitous Democratic decline in state governments, where the party was trounced yet again on Tuesday.
November 10, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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FEMA Asks for Sandy Aid Back
Several assisted living residents in Queens received a shock recently after FEMA asked for reimbursement on aid given out following Superstorm Sandy.
November 10, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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ACLU in $50 Million Push to Reduce Jail Sentences
With a $50 million foundation grant, the largest in its history, the American Civil Liberties Union plans to mount an eight-year political campaign across the country to make a change of criminal justice policies a key issue in local, state and national elections.
November 06, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California's Credit Rating Raised After Prop. 2 Passes
California’s credit rating was raised by Standard & Poor’s one day after voters in the most indebted U.S. state agreed to bolster a rainy-day fund for fiscal emergencies.
November 06, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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18-Year-Old College Freshman Elected to West Virginia House
Saira Blair is probably the only candidate who had to head to class the morning after winning an election.
November 06, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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