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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.

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Virginia to Treat Same-Sex Couples Differently Than IRS
The Virginia Department of Taxation, after consulting with Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II’s office, has ruled that the state will not conform to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service’s new tax treatment of same-sex married couples because state law and a state constitutional amendment prohibit recognition of gay marriage.
December 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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The Next Gay-Rights Battle in States: The Right to Divorce
Even as the number of states legalizing same-sex marriage will soon grow to 16, most states — like Mississippi — refuse to recognize such unions or to help dissolve them.
December 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Florida Struggling to Improve Its Teacher Evaluations
As the Department of Education prepares to release another batch of evaluation results Monday under the state’s new job review process, local school boards and state officials are still struggling to improve a system that judges as many as two-thirds of the state’s teachers on the test scores of students they’ve never met or on subjects they don’t teach.
December 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Urban Schools Aim for Environmental Revolution
Compostable plates are but the first initiative on the environmental checklist of the Urban School Food Alliance, a pioneering attempt by six big-city school systems to create new markets for sustainable food and lunchroom supplies.
December 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Cause of NYC Train Derailment Under Investigation
A commuter train heading into the city derailed in the Bronx on Sunday, killing four people and injuring more than 60 as rail cars tumbled to within inches of the Hudson and Harlem rivers.
December 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Insurers Seek to Bypass HealthCare.Gov Despite 'Dramatic Progress'
Insurers and some states are continuing to look for ways to bypass the balky technology underpinning the health-care law despite the Obama administration's claim Sunday that it had made "dramatic progress" in fixing the federal insurance website
December 02, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Governor Credits P3s for All Flood-Damaged Colorado Roads Opening Before Dec. 1 Deadline
The last two Colorado highways closed by the September floods will be back in business ahead of the Dec. 1 deadline set by Gov. John Hickenlooper.
November 22, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Utah AG Proclaims His Innocence As He Resigns
The state’s top attorney made his closing arguments Thursday, passionately defending his innocence even as he announced his departure from the office he took nearly 11 months ago.
November 22, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Forget TV; New York's Governor Uses Radio to Spread His Word
Half a century after politicians embraced television as a favored means of communication, Andrew Cuomo has determinedly adopted radio as his medium of choice.
November 22, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Health Law Dividing Republican Governors
Republicans are planning to use the troubled health law against Democrats in next year’s midterm elections, but the Affordable Care Act is increasingly dividing their party, too.
November 22, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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