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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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Mostly Black Cities, Mostly White City Halls
Since moving to this small city on the eastern flank of Atlanta’s suburban sprawl, Lorna Francis, a hairdresser and a single mother, has found a handsome brick house to rent on a well-groomed cul-de-sac. She has found a good public school for her teenage daughter.
September 29, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Vermont Governor Touts Progress in Drug War
Nine months after declaring war on opiate addiction — at a time that coincides with his re-election campaign — Gov. Peter Shumlin called a news conference to report on the progress of this signature initiative.
September 26, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Feds Investigate Public School Closures in New Orleans
The U.S. Education Department has opened an investigation into charges that the Recovery School District's policy of closing and chartering New Orleans public schools violated the civil rights of African-American students.
September 26, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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NYC Increases Security After Terror Attack Warning
Police increased security measures at transit hubs around New York City on Thursday, hours after Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said that his security forces uncovered a plot to attack its transit systems.
September 26, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Maybe it's technically legal ... but it sure smells bad.
Dan Newman, California Gov. Jerry Brown's political spokesperson, referring to Neel Kashkari's handing out of gift cards for gas at a campaign event. Kashkari is Brown's Republican opponent for governor.
September 25, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Holder Backs Lawsuit vs. New York's Legal Aid for Poor
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who last year declared a crisis in America’s legal-defense system for the poor, is supporting a class-action lawsuit that accuses Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and the State of New York of perpetuating a system that violates the rights of people who cannot afford to hire lawyers.
September 25, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Mississippi, Arrested, Jailed and Never Indicted
A Mississippi county has illegally held inmates in jail for as long as a year without appointing counsel or presenting cases to a grand jury, the American Civil Liberties Union argues in a lawsuit, and a law professor said Wednesday that something similar could be happening elsewhere in the state.
September 25, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Unaffiliated Voters on the Rise in North Carolina
Unaffiliated voters now outnumber those registered as members of one of the two major parties in more than half of North Carolina’s 100 counties.
September 24, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Homeless School Children on the Rise
Education Department statistics released Monday say 1.3 million homeless children were enrolled in U.S. schools in the 2012-2013 school year - an 8 percent increase from the previous school year.
September 24, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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D.C. Council Reluctantly Votes to Allow Concealed Gun Carry
A reluctant District of Columbia Council voted unanimously Tuesday to allow people to carry concealed handguns in the nation's capital for the first time in nearly 40 years.
September 24, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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