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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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Changes in Arizona’s Resign-to-Run Law Spark Gubernatorial Announcements
Recent changes to Arizona’s “resign-to-run” law mean current officeholders can now speak publicly about running for another office without having to use wiggle words, and Secretary of State Ken Bennett has taken advantage of the revisions that went into effect last week to say he will be a Republican candidate for governor next year.
September 20, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Fight to Drug Test Public Workers, Florida Governor Wants U.S. Supreme Court to Join
Gov. Rick Scott intends to take his fight for random drug tests of tens of thousands of state employees all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, a lawyer for the Republican governor told a federal judge Thursday.
September 20, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Wisconsin Governor Announces 6 Ways to Fight Public Aid Fraud
Saying his actions will speak louder than his words, Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday vowed to step up oversight of public assistance programs, ordering the state health department to implement six strategies to combat fraud.
September 20, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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N.J. Judge Resigns After Court Makes Him Choose Between Comedian Job
Vincent August Sicari chose his acting and stand-up comedy career over his part-time job as a municipal court judge in South Hackensack on Thursday after the state Supreme Court ruled that he could not continue to do both.
September 20, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
If we’re going down the road of drug testing for people who receive benefits, then we better start drug testing legislators.
Shelli Weisberg, spokeswoman for the ACLU in Michigan, where lawmakers passed a bill to keep people who refused to take employee drug tests or tested positive from getting unemployment benefits.
September 19, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
281
The number of people who have gotten citations this year for having marijuana on federal land in Washington and Colorado, where recreational use of the drug is legal. The misdemeanor is punishable by up to 6 months in jail and a $5,000 fine.
September 19, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Treating Medicaid Users Like Birds, a Case for Humor in Government, and a Pension Guide for Politicians
All the public-sector management news you need to know.
September 19, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Court Backs California's Right to Require Low-Carbon Fuel
A federal appeals court affirmed California's right to impose low carbon fuel standards aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, rejecting an industry argument that the regulations penalized out-of-state fuel producers.
September 19, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Arizona to Deny Driver's Licenses to All Deferred Deportees
Under fire for refusing to issue driver's licenses to young people permitted to stay in the U.S. under President Obama's deferred deportation program, Arizona has decided that anyone whose deportation has been deferred, including abused women and children, would be ineligible.
September 19, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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States Struggle to Keep Legal Marijuana Off Federal Land
State officials have no plans to license pot gardens or stores on federal land, but beyond that, they say, it’s not clear what they can do to discourage backpackers or campers from bringing a few joints into Rocky Mountain or Mount Rainier national parks.
September 19, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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