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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.

A massive winter storm pounded the Northeast early Friday with heavy winds and driving snow, shutting down Boston's airport, and prompting cancellations of thousands of flights as well as state emergency declarations in New York and New Jersey.
Chrissy Robinson, one of the first customers in line at one of Colorado's new stores that opened Jan. 1 and sells marijuana to anyone at least 21 years old.
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The number of fatal parade accidents in the United States over the past three years. A recent report found that governments often lack adequate planning procedures and clear rules for parades.
Homicides dropped 18 percent in Chicago last year and crime overall was down 16 percent, according to statistics released by the police department.
The state of Utah asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon to put same-sex marriages in Utah on hold while it appeals a lower court ruling in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Bill de Blasio, whose fiery populism propelled his rise from obscure neighborhood official to the 109th mayor of New York, was sworn into office on Wednesday.
Legal experts said they could not recall the last time a New Jersey governor refused to defend a gun control law.
In a historic swirl of commerce and cannabis, the world's first stores licensed to sell marijuana legally to anyone 21 or older opened in Colorado on Wednesday.
A federal judge has ruled that a 2011 law requiring welfare applicants to undergo drug tests is unconstitutional, striking a blow to Gov. Rick Scott's administration over the controversial tests.
Thousands of students who grew up in New Jersey but are in the country illegally will soon be able to pay in-state tuition at its public colleges and universities after passage of the so-called "Dream Act" Thursday.