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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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State government websites that passed security tests performed by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.
August 30, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
When Donald Trump gets a cold, candidates who are defined by adoring him get pneumonia. Or Ebola. We'll see.
Rick Wilson, a Republican strategist, on whether the president's support will help or hurt Congressman Ron DeSantis in the Florida governor's race.
August 29, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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1973
Last time, before Tuesday, that an on-duty police officer was convicted of murder in Dallas County, Texas. Roy Oliver was found guilty in last year's killing of Jordan Edwards, an unarmed black 15-year-old.
August 29, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Financial Trail for Florida Governor Leads to Cayman Islands Tax Haven
The portfolio of Florida Gov. Rick Scott and his wife, Ann Scott, includes earnings last year of at least $2.9 million in two dozen hedge funds registered in the Cayman Islands, a well-known tax haven for U.S. and foreign investors.
August 28, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I sat my wife down and told her life wasn’t worth it. My pain exceeded my ability to handle it. … We even discussed what gun I would use.
Jon Fowlkes, who considered suicide after his doctor -- under pressure to limit opioid prescriptions -- abruptly cut off his medication for back pain from a motorcycle crash decades ago that left him nearly paralyzed. He eventually found another doctor willing to prescribe him painkillers.
August 28, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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6 years
Time the state of Kansas neglected to notify hundreds of residents that their drinking water supply had been contaminated with dry cleaning chemicals.
August 28, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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$3 million a day
Average cost to taxpayers of California's high-speed rail project, which is the highest of any U.S. infrastructure project in recent history. The latest spending plan raises that number to $27 million.
August 27, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
It is the first time anyone eighth-grade and down has ever touched a new textbook.
Dale Bledsoe, a schools superintendent in Oklahoma, where teachers went on statewide strike this spring to protest education funding.
August 27, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Harassment Allegations Spell End of Maryland House Speaker's Leadership
Maryland House Speaker Michael E. Busch stripped Del. Curt Anderson of his legislative leadership posts Friday after an ethics committee ordered the Baltimore Democrat to undergo sexual harassment training following the completion of its investigation into multiple allegations against him.
August 27, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Confederate Markers Removed From New Mexico Highway
Officials of the state Department of Transportation now believe they have removed the last remaining memorials to Confederate President Jefferson Davis from Interstate 10 rest areas in New Mexico.
August 27, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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