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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.

States continued to turn away from the death penalty this year, with just 39 people executed in nine states, according to a year-end report from the Death Penalty Information Center. Maryland repealed the death penalty this year, continuing a six-year trend of one state each year ending the punishment.
The D.C. Council on Tuesday unanimously rejected more than $17 million in popular programs proposed by Mayor Vincent C. Gray because of the would-be source of funding: an already strapped trust fund for retiree health-care costs.
Beginning Jan. 1, Seattle police officers will be operating under new rules when it comes to using force.
Democrat Tyler Olson exited the race for Iowa governor on Tuesday, potentially reopening the field for challengers to incumbent Republican Terry Branstad.
The lawsuit marks the latest flash point in a heated national debate over whether to grant the benefit to children brought here illegally.
Wall Street analysts at Moody’s Investors Service today lowered their outlook on New Jersey’s debt from stable to negative, saying the state remains hamstrung by rising costs and “a sluggish economic recovery” despite Gov. Chris Christie’s efforts
The embattled director of the state’s fledgling health insurance exchange resigned Tuesday amid mounting criticism of her leadership and the troubled rollout of the new health care program.
The White House is tapping the private sector for its next point man to oversee the troubled Obamacare website.
Even if Virginia decides to expand its Medicaid program, Gov. Bob McDonnell wants a second look in two years before the state would start paying part of the bill.
Housing advocates went to court today to force New Jersey to produce a new wave of affordable homes after a decade of delays.