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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.

Legal marijuana is delivering a powerful buzz to the typically unglamorous Denver industrial real estate market.
New Jersey is one of only five states in which the governor selects the top law enforcement official.
After 31 days and one and a half snow days, Oregon’s 2014 Legislative session came to an end at 5 p.m Friday.
The bill would remove Indiana from the ranks of 26 states that require utilities to offer programs that reduce energy use, part of a growing national effort to reduce electricity demand, lower prices and cut carbon emissions.
The General Assembly adjourned its 60-day session Saturday but will head back to Richmond in two weeks to fulfill what it failed to do: enact a state budget.
The leader of the Republican Party of Iowa announced without explanation Saturday that he will resign later this month, signaling a new direction for a party beset with divisions in recent years.
After a months-long cold war over Newark Mayor Luis Quintana’s hiring practices and his approach to city budgeting, state officials today raised the specter of a takeover of the city’s finances.
Mourning mixed with celebration and commemoration Saturday in Jackson for Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, the civil rights activist who led the city to a new vision.
A federal audit released Thursday concludes that Gov. Chris Christie’s administration did not violate any rules in awarding a no-bid contract to a politically connected company to haul away debris left by Hurricane Sandy.
Federal investigators concluded there was sufficient evidence to bring charges against public officials during their years-long abuse-of-power investigation targeting Maricopa County law-enforcement agencies, according to heavily redacted records obtained by The Arizona Republic.