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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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Minnesota Governor Proposes Rail Safety Initiatives
Gov. Mark Dayton on Thursday proposed initiatives to enhance railroad safety on the same day that rail workers protested Canadian Pacific’s safety practices by picketing its U.S. headquarters in Minneapolis.
February 07, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Medicaid Expansion Agreement Announced Just in Time for New Hampshire Governor's State of the State
The early afternoon announcement of a bipartisan Senate agreement on Medicaid expansion was perfect timing for Gov. Maggie Hassan, giving a boost to her push for expanding access to health care for 50,000 residents in her State of the State address yesterday.
February 07, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Michigan's High Court Rules Localities Can't Ban Medical Marijuana
Communities can’t pass ordinances to preempt Michigan’s 5-year-old medical marijuana law, according to a Michigan Supreme Court ruling Thursday — a far-reaching move that “ends a long, tortuous battle in the courts,” one legal expert said.
February 07, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Electric Chair Bill's Delay Could Halt Executions in Virginia
Virginia would become the only state where death-row inmates could be forced to accept electrocution as the means of their death.
February 07, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ohio Pays County's Tab for Ariel Castro's Autopsy
The state of Ohio has reimbursed local officials $1,100 for the cost of Ariel Castro’s autopsy following his jailhouse suicide last fall, according to a letter from the state’s prison director.
February 07, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Sandra Fluke Forgoes Congressional Bid to Run for California State Senate
Fluke became famous in 2012 after radio host Rush Limbaugh called her a “slut” when the then-law student testified in Congress in favor of mandatory insurance coverage of contraception.
February 06, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Portland Teachers Vote to Strike: 'We Are Sad But Empowered'
Portland Public Schools teachers have authorized the first strike in the history of Oregon's largest school system and set a walkout date: Feb. 20.
February 06, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Judge Orders Iowa to Reopen Juvenile Home That Governor Closed
The ruling poses a real challenge for the state now that the 27-acre campus has been shuttered, its 93 workers laid off and its juvenile clients relocated.
February 06, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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USDA Announces 10 'Climate Hubs' to Help Farmers amid Climate Change
The Obama administration will set up 10 centers around the country to help farmers and ranchers adjust to the increasing frequency of severe weather and other risks associated with climate change.
February 06, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New Aerial Surveillance Cameras (Not Drones) Prompt Privacy Concerns
As Americans have grown increasingly comfortable with traditional surveillance cameras, a new, far more powerful generation is being quietly deployed that can track every vehicle and person across an area the size of a small city, for several hours at a time.
February 06, 2014
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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