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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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Arkansas' Private Medicaid Option Survives Repeal Efforts
Arkansas' first-in-the-nation plan that uses Medicaid funds to buy private insurance for the poor survived an effort to defund it Tuesday, as lawmakers gave final approval to continue a program that has extended health coverage to nearly 94,000 people.
March 05, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Chicago's Credit Rating Takes Major Hit over Unfunded Pensions
Chicago’s financial standing took a hit Tuesday when a major bond rating agency once again downgraded the city’s credit worthiness because of a huge government worker pension shortfall and the overall amount of money it owes.
March 05, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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D.C. Poised to Decriminalize Marijuana Possession
Possessing marijuana and smoking it in the privacy of one’s home would no longer be criminal offenses in the nation’s capital under a bill passed Tuesday by the D.C. Council, putting the District at the forefront of a simmering national debate over decriminalization.
March 05, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Several Texas Races Head into Runoffs
A scramble to fill statewide offices in one of the biggest turnovers in Texas government history began with Tuesday's primary, but several of the key contests will require runoffs to decide a final winner.
March 05, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Parks Shutdown Cost Local Economies $400 Million
When federal officials closed national parks during last year’s government shutdown, it meant nearly 8 million fewer visits to the parks and cost local communities more than $400 million in economic activity, the National Park Service said Monday.
March 04, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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How Private Universities Want to Fund Tennessee's Free Community College Promise
In a bid to alter the funding mechanism of Gov. Bill Haslam's proposal for free tuition at community colleges, a top official representing Tennessee's private colleges met with governor's office aides on Monday to push a counter plan they say would protect the state's four-year universities.
March 04, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Cities Give Tax Breaks to Those Threatened by Gentrification
Cities that have worked for years to attract young professionals who might have once moved to the suburbs are now experimenting with ways to protect a group long deemed expendable — working- and lower-middle class homeowners threatened by gentrification.
March 04, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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South Carolina Settles Immigration Lawsuit
South Carolina reached a tentative agreement to not allow police to hold people while checking to see if they are living in the country illegally, immigration rights groups announced Monday.
March 04, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Supreme Court Lets Rejection of Local Immigration Laws Stand
The US Supreme Court on Monday let stand two appeals court decisions blocking local ordinances that sought to bar landlords from renting housing to illegal immigrants and to prevent employers from hiring workers who lack proper immigration authorization.
March 04, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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What to Watch in the Texas Primary
Tuesday's primary is the first of three elections that will select the state’s next set of officeholders.
March 04, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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