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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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Expected increase in Obamacare premiums next year because of President Trump's expansion of short-term health plans that are cheaper than Obamacare plans and do not fully comply with the Affordable Care Act.
August 03, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Cities and States Resist — and Assist — Immigration Crackdown in New Ways
Austin recently took a new tack in the ongoing war between “sanctuary cities" and federal immigration authorities.
August 03, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ohio Toughens Prison Sentence for Fentanyl Dealers
While signing into law a bill imposing longer prison sentences for "merchants of death" dealing fentanyl, Gov. John Kasich said he is leaning toward supporting a ballot issue to prevent many low-level drug use and possession offenders from being sent to state prisons.
August 03, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Despite Pope's Objection, Nebraska's Catholic Governor Vows to Continue Executions
Hours after the Catholic Church changed its official teaching Thursday to fully reject the death penalty, a trio of bishops urged action to halt an upcoming execution in Nebraska.
August 03, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Planned Parenthood Gets Federal Grants -- for Now
The Department of Health and Human Services says 96 organizations will get funding under the federal family planning program this year.
August 03, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kneeling During the Pledge Puts Connecticut Official in Hot Water
In a mea culpa, Haddam Democratic Selectwoman Melissa Schlag, who garnered widespread attention for kneeling during the Pledge of Allegiance in protest of President Donald Trump, said on Facebook Wednesday that comments she made were not intended to make all of her town seem "racist or fascist."
August 03, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After Trump Unveils New Fuel Efficiency Rules, Nearly Half the States Vow to Sue
Calling a new Trump administration proposal to roll back fuel efficiency standards "insane," Pennsylvania's Attorney General Josh Shapiro said the state would join 18 others, including California, to legally challenge the sweeping plan to scrap Obama-era rules that set increasingly higher standards.
August 03, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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17 Feet of Water in 7 Minutes: Dam Failure Fears Prompt Evacuations in Virginia City
A dire warning from the National Weather Service has forced an evacuation around the College Lake Dam in Lynchburg, Virginia.
August 03, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Takeaways From Tennessee's Primary
A businessman who is a political outsider or a former Nashville mayor will become the next governor of Tennessee, while the GOP nominee for U.S. Senate received a political shot across the bow.
August 03, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I have not changed but the Republican Party most certainly has. ... If you don't stand for something, then you stand for nothing ... and now I stand with the Democrats.
Lori Stegmann, a Multnomah County Commissioner in Oregon, on why she's leaving the Republican Party to become a Democrat.
August 02, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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