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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.

Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has endorsed candidates in 22 legislative primary races -- including five challengers to current GOP incumbents, four of them from North Idaho.
The law moves Maryland — which has the second-highest foreclosure rate in the nation, according to RealtyTrac — from among those states with the longest time frames for mortgage debt collection to the middle of the pack.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, whose rising national profile is feeding 2016 presidential buzz, has become the latest Republican governor to embrace a core component of Obamacare — with a conservative twist.
The state Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a request to stay a circuit judge’s ruling that Arkansas’ same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional, saying the judge has not ruled on a state law that prohibits county clerks from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
The state Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned one of two recent lower-court rulings that struck down Arkansas’ voter ID law, saying a circuit judge exceeded his authority in ruling on the law’s constitutionality when that issue was not properly before him.
If you think it's hard to understand ballot measures when they're written in English, consider the translations into Yup'ik prepared by the Alaska Division of Elections.
Missouri lawmakers sent to Gov. Jay Nixon on Wednesday a bill that would triple the mandatory waiting period for an abortion.
State workers and retirees can breathe a sigh of relief — at least for a while — after a judge on Wednesday delayed the start of a far-reaching overhaul of their pensions until it can be determined whether the measure passes legal muster.
Kentuckian Rita Wooton of Hyden has tearfully shared the story of son Eli’s frequent seizures — and the promise of marijuana oil to treat it — with dozens of people, ranging from doctors to journalists to legislators.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe moved to free Virginia’s abortion clinics from strict hospital-style building codes on Monday, loading up the state health board with abortion rights supporters and ordering it to review rules that clinic operators say threaten to put them out of business.