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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.

Gov. Rick Scott supports a Senate proposal allowing some undocumented immigrants to pay in-state college tuition rates, his office confirmed Wednesday.
Gov. John Kitzhaber decided this week that Oregon will be the fourth state to avoid food stamp cuts included in the federal farm bill.
Gov. Jan Brewer, who developed an international reputation for her vociferous attacks on illegal immigration, is ending her career as an elected politician at the end of the year. But she’s not retiring from politics.
Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s fourth State of the District address was supposed to offer him a big stage to propose new initiatives on education, housing and economic development just three weeks ahead of a closely fought Democratic primary.
Colleges want, and increasingly need, more foreign students, not only for high-minded reasons, but also because foreigners generally pay full price.
America used to have a robust college education system for prison inmates. Those taxpayer-funded college classes were defunded in the 1990s.
The House voted 58-14 Monday to pass HB410, sending it to the Senate. The bill would allow Utah to hold a presidential primary a week before any other state — conducted solely by online voting.
Michigan residents who buy health coverage in the private marketplace after Thursday will not have access to abortion coverage, even if a pregnancy is the result of rape or incest.
The Democratic-controlled West Virginia legislature has sent a bill to the desk of Democratic Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of gestation, a notable moment for a movement led thus far by Republican-controlled states.
The investigation into the George Washington Bridge lane closings hits a critical point today with a court showdown over whether the legislative panel looking into the scandal can get a judge’s order forcing two former advisers to Gov. Chris Christie to turn over records sought under subpoena.