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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.

Who Said That
What's next? Tax preparation [advice] from Al Capone?
Justin Nelson's reaction to President Trump meeting with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to discuss criminal justice reform. Paxton has been indicted on fraud charges, and Nelson is running to unseat him in November.
August 10, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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For Criminal Justice Advice, Trump Turns to State Leaders Like Indicted Texas AG
President Donald Trump brainstormed on criminal justice reform Thursday with a few governors and state law enforcement leaders -- among them Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general whose fraud indictment has now been pending for over three years.
August 10, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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As Schools Struggle, West Virginia Governor Still Owes Kentucky $2.5 Million in Taxes
The billionaire governor of West Virginia said Monday that coal companies linked to his family have paid all the delinquent taxes they owe the state of West Virginia and its counties, but records show the companies still owe millions in Eastern Kentucky.
August 09, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kobach Refuses Calls to Recuse Himself From His Own Recount
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said Wednesday that he has no plans to recuse himself from a recount process in the race for governor, a stance that legal and political experts questioned.
August 09, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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'Embarrassed, Dejected and Hurt': California Police Chief Responds to Son's Alleged Attack on Sikh Man
The Union City police chief's teenage son was arrested Wednesday in connection with a brutal attack on a 71-year-old Sikh man in Manteca, and detectives are trying to determine if the attack was a hate crime.
August 09, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
References to the Holocaust and to cancer as ‘a disease of choice’ had already been removed from the fall 2018 edition.
Statement from the University of North Carolina on changes it helped make in a fitness textbook that previously said, "The people in the [concentration] camps who did not tap into the strength that comes from recognizing their intrinsic worth succumbed to the brutality to which they were subjected."
August 09, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
14 years old
Age of a candidate running for Vermont governor. Democrat Ethan Sonneborn's chief of staff is also 14. His fate will be decided in Tuesday's primary.
August 09, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Why West Virginia Lawmakers Are Trying to Impeach Almost Every Supreme Court Justice in Their State
The West Virginia House Judiciary Committee approved 14 articles of impeachment against the four sitting justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Tuesday.
August 08, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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While Criticizing Venezuela, Florida Governor Invested in Firms Tied to Its Regime
As governor, Rick Scott has been very critical of the "brutal and oppressive" Nicolas Maduro regime in Venezuela, including calling on state investment fund managers to sever ties with companies that do business with that country.
August 08, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After EPA Emissions Rollback, California Puts Automakers in a Tight Spot
California is firing back at the Trump administration with a plan to safeguard the state's greenhouse gas emissions rules from a proposed federal rollback.
August 08, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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