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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.

Gov. Peter Shumlin has focused his annual address to lawmakers on what he calls a growing epidemic of drug addiction as treatment programs around the state struggle to keep up with a surge in demand for services.
State recognition of Utah's same-sex newlyweds is on hold based on counsel from the Utah Attorney General's Office, Gov. Gary Herbert's chief of staff said Wednesday in a memo to state officials.
As his final legislative session got underway Wednesday, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley pressed his top priority, raising the minimum wage, and said he would help his preferred successor get a head start on a campaign promise: a major expansion of pre-kindergarten education.
In his State of the State address, which governors have typically used to lay out their past accomplishments and future priorities, Andrew Cuomo sought to put his record in the best possible light.
Gov. Bob McDonnell used his farewell address to the state to remind Virginians of the accomplishments during his four years as governor and to apologize for the "problems and the pain" caused by his involvement in a gifts scandal.
Kentucky is "shrugging off an historic reputation for backwardness," Gov. Steve Beshear told lawmakers Tuesday night, but he warned that the state's gains in education, jobs and health could be lost if they don't act boldly this winter.
Education funding, water and wolves were some of Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's top priorities in his annual State of the State address Monday.
Tennessee is one of only five states that do not have their own minimum wage.
On his first full day in office, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh made six Cabinet-level appointments — elevating several of his closest political allies — as he continued to fill out his thinly staffed administration.
Gov. Scott Walker can clear his calendar for the next couple of days — he'll be serving on a jury at the Milwaukee County Courthouse.