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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.

The botched rollout of the Department of Public Welfare's effort to consolidate payroll services for home health-care workers for the disabled led to thousands of those employees going unpaid for as long as four months this year and cost taxpayers millions in extra care costs, according to a new audit.
South Carolina is the first state to stop reimbursing Medicaid and privately insured patients for medically unnecessary birth deliveries – a move that’s saving the state millions and improving health outcomes.
The Department of Children’s Services will now post on its website documents relating to its internal investigations into the deaths and near deaths of children.
The U.S. Supreme Court sent the case back to the lower court in June, instructing them to apply strict scrutiny — a very high level of review — to the university’s argument for considering the race of some applicants.
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio, an ardent critic of the mayor’s policies has pledged to do away with the letter grades.
Boeing machinists in the Northwest rejected a contentious contract proposal Wednesday that would have exchanged concessions for decades of secure jobs.
Detroit City Council members and Mayor Dave Bing were stunned to learn Wednesday that the state is putting a $5-million cap on what it will pay to help restructure city government, even as contracts for law firms and consultants exceed $62 million.
The governor's action is unprecedented in the nation in the case of an imminent execution, a death-penalty expert said.
After months of delays, the Chicago Infrastructure Trust voted Tuesday to approve its first project, a plan that would tap a private investor to pay for energy efficiency improvements in 75 city buildings.
The state Senate passed a bill Tuesday legalizing gay marriage, putting Hawaii a signature away from becoming a same-sex wedding destination.