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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.

The Washington State Senate on Friday passed legislation to extend eligibility for State Need Grant assistance to college-bound young people live in the state but were brought here illegally by their parents.
Police led those arrested to a nearby room, cited each for trespassing and released them to break up the protest midmorning.
2013 was a record-breaking year for exonerations in the United States, according to statistics compiled by the National Registry of Exonerations.
Connecticut is one of only a handful of states that taxes pensions.
Expanded background checks for firearm sales in Colorado were passed by Democrats last year at great political cost.
The Associated Press reported Sunday that an aide to the Republican governor — and one of the 18 people subpoenaed by a legislative committee investigating the controversy — has quit.
In a year when three dozen governors are up for election, unexpectedly robust revenues from taxes and other sources are filling most state coffers, creating surpluses not seen in years and prompting statehouse battles over what to do with the money.
The abortion rate in the United States dropped to its lowest point since the Supreme Court legalized the procedure in all 50 states, according to a study suggesting that new, long-acting contraceptive methods are having a significant impact in reducing unwanted pregnancies.
After decades of missed opportunities and ignored pleas to build a better system, legislation will be introduced Monday to strip the Milwaukee County Board of its oversight of mental health care.
The City of Detroit is proposing to pay the city’s pension funds slightly more than bankers, bondholders and other creditors in its plan to reduce its $18 billion in debt and long-term liabilities, the Free Press has learned.