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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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Amid Census Controversy, Alabama Launches 'Maximum Participation' Effort
Gov. Kay Ivey announced an initiative today to draw attention to the importance of participation in the 2020 Census.
August 20, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
'WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, IT WAS NEVER THAT GREAT.' Can you believe this is the Governor of the Highest Taxed State in the U.S., Andrew Cuomo, having a total meltdown!
President Trump, on Twitter, in response to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo saying that America has "not reached greatness" because women and minorities still face discrimination.
August 17, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
18 years old
Minimum age New York state now requires to use indoor tanning booths.
August 17, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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40-Year-Old Election Law That Let New Hampshire Throw Out Ballots Overturned
A federal judge has struck down as unconstitutional a 40-year-old election law that allowed local moderators in New Hampshire to toss out the absentee ballot of someone whose signature on an affidavit failed to match their completed ballot.
August 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Fentanyl Is Driving the Rise in Opioid Deaths
New numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show drug overdose deaths continued to climb in 2017, in nearly all states.
August 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
1 in 10
Airbnb hosts who are teachers.
August 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Was it getting my sphincter bleached, is that what I earned my income for? No that would be you.
Hallandale Beach, Fla., Mayor Keith London to City Commissioner Anabelle Lima-Taub, as the pair exchanged personal attacks during a debate about the budget.
August 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Pleading Guilty to Corruption, Ex-Aide to Atlanta Mayor Faces 5 Years in Prison
Former Kasim Reed aide Katrina Taylor-Parks became the second high-ranking Atlanta official to plead guilty in the federal corruption investigation of City Hall Wednesday.
August 15, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Amid Opioid Crisis, New York Joins Wave of States Suing Big Pharma
New York is suing Purdue Pharma, the maker of a popular painkiller, for allegedly downplaying the risks and overstating the benefits of its opioid products, whose abuse has fueled a nationwide epidemic of addiction and overdose deaths.
August 15, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Smart and policy-oriented women -- women who can run circles around comparable men, who would make excellent governors -- are still being punished like adolescent girls who lose popularity in junior high because they are too smart.
Georgia Duerst-Lahti, a political scientist at Beloit College in Wisconsin.
August 15, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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