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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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Missouri Is Alone in Resisting Prescription Drug Database
Missouri is the only state in America that has declined to keep a prescription drug database.
July 21, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Alaska Has Most Volatile State Revenues
A new study says that Alaska has the most volatile state revenues in the nation, with income fluctuating more than twice as much as that of its nearest rivals -- which are often also resource states.
July 21, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Christie's Chief Economist to Resign
Gov. Chris Christie's chief economist is resigning after a hectic three-and-a-half years in Trenton, the state Treasury Department said today.
July 21, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Vic Atiyeh, Oregon's Last Republican Governor, Dies
Vic Atiyeh, Oregon’s last Republican governor, who shepherded the state through a deep recession during two terms in the 1980s, died Sunday in Portland from complications from renal failure, a family spokesman said. He was 91.
July 21, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Without Much Straining, Minnesota Reins In Its Utilities’ Carbon Emissions
While other states and critics of the Obama administration have howled about complying with its proposed rule slashing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, Minnesota has been reining in its utilities’ carbon pollution for decades — not painlessly, but without breaking much of a sweat, either.
July 18, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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NYC Forms Task Force to Help Child Migrants
New York City officials have formed a task force in response to the surging population of unaccompanied migrant children from Central America who have arrived in the city in recent months and swamped community-based groups in search of help for their deportation cases, health issues, school enrollment and other urgent needs.
July 18, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New York Rail Strike Averted After Cuomo Intervenes
The unions received raises of 17 percent over six and a half years.
July 18, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Colorado Governor Urges Voters to Reject Initiatives Increasing Local Control
Gov. John Hickenlooper on Thursday said two ballot measures aimed at giving local governments more control over oil and gas drilling would damage the state's economy and must be defeated.
July 18, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Towns Across the Country Turn Away Migrant Children
Some of the opposition has also bordered on the extreme.
July 17, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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U.S. House Votes to Block D.C. Gun Laws
The House of Representatives moved Wednesday to block virtually all of the District’s gun restrictions, approving a budget amendment that would leave only federal law to regulate firearms in the nation’s capital.
July 17, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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