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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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Nonprofit Housing Groups Exempt from Property Taxes, Rules New Jersey Supreme Court
Nonprofits that provide housing and other services to people with mental illness and other disabilities do not have to pay property taxes, the state Supreme Court ruled today, ending a battle with nine Bergen County communities that had challenged the tax-exempt status of one charitable agency nearly a decade ago.
September 26, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Massachusetts House Votes to Repeal New Tech Tax
The state Senate is poised today to follow the lead of the House, which voted yesterday to repeal the so-called tech tax in a finger-pointing session that left business leaders concerned that lawmakers just don’t understand the technology sector.
September 26, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Governor Signs Bill to Raise Minimum Wage to $10
Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a bill that will raise California's minimum wage to $10 an hour by 2016, a move celebrated by workers but criticized by many businesses.
September 26, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Who Pays If Students Break or Lose iPads?
L.A. Unified board grapples with the question of whether to force parents to pay for damaged or lost iPads. It's uncertain whether responsibility was made clear to all parents.
September 26, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Cyber Schools Flunk, But Tax Money Keeps Flowing
Taxpayers send nearly $2 billion a year to cyber schools that let students from kindergarten through 12th grade receive a free public education entirely online.
September 26, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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D.C. Mayor Designates All Government Employees ‘Essential’ to Ease Impact of Shutdown
Mayor Vincent C. Gray moved Wednesday to designate the entirety of the District government as “essential to the protection of public safety, health, and property,” in a bid to allow city services to continue during a federal shutdown.
September 26, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Many employers do not like to acknowledge that the wage level that they're offering means their own people do not have enough money at the end of the month to feed their family.
Suzanne Donovan, a spokeswoman for the nonprofit Step Up Savannah, which convinces local businesses to let them meet with their employees so they can connect those who are eligible with public assistance programs.
September 25, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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The average monthly cost of health coverage (before subsidies are factored in) on Obamacare's online insurance marketplaces, which is lower than previous projections. The marketplaces open to the public Tuesday.
September 25, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Court Affirms Arizona's Use of Mortgage Settlement to Balance Budget
Most was for direct aid to homeowners to help reduce their mortgages. There also was cash compensation for those who already had lost their homes.
September 25, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Boston Voters Narrow Candidates to Replace Long-Serving Mayor Menino
The Boston mayoral contest is nonpartisan, though 11 of the candidates are Democrats, including Walsh and Connolly.
September 25, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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