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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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Despite Critics, Christie Expands Corporate Tax Breaks in New Jersey
New Jersey’s use of tax breaks and grants to lure businesses to the state — already ramped up under Gov. Chris Christie — may now expand even more sharply.
September 19, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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$1 Billion in Government, Commercial Property Damage from Colorado Floods Projected
Property losses from deadly flooding in Colorado will total nearly $2 billion, about half from housing and half from the commercial and government sectors, catastrophe modeling firm Eqecat said on Wednesday in the first comprehensive estimate of the disaster's economic toll.
September 19, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas Gov. Perry Wants Block Grant to Reform Medicaid without Expanding
In a letter to the state's health agency on Monday, the governor laid out his plan to request a federal waiver to reform Medicaid as Texas sees fit — without expanding eligibility.
September 19, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Oregon Governor to Call Special Session
The session will deal with more money for schools and more cuts to the public employees retirement system, items that lawmakers couldn’t agree to when the regular session ended in July.
September 19, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Need Welfare? Michigan May Make People Do Community Service to Qualify
The community service bill, which passed the state Senate on a 27-9 vote would require people receiving food stamps or other welfare benefits to perform community service in order to get the money.
September 19, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas and Maryland Governors Continue Fight on ‘Crossfire’
The on-set sparring capped off several days of back-and-forth between the two governors — both considered possible 2016 presidential contenders — over the virtues of their respective states and their differing political philosophies.
September 19, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
What they’re saying is, they think it would be better to force those six black kids in St. Martin’s Parish to go back to an F-rated school.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who wants the U.S. Department of Justice to drop its lawsuit against the state's program that allows low-income students to transfer from poor-performing public schools to private schools. The feds are seeking to block the program in districts with desegregation orders.
September 19, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
13.6%
The rate of American households who used food stamps last year, which is a slight increase from 2011 when 13 percent received SNAP benefits.
September 19, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California, Feds Strike Deal to Help Veterans
For the first time, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will open its doors and records so a newly created state strike force can help chisel away at a daunting backlog of claims that is costing California veterans millions of dollars in lost benefits every year.
September 18, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Wisconsin Can't Enforce Parts of Law Limiting Unions, Judge Rules
A Dane County judge ruled Tuesday the state cannot enforce key provisions of a law limiting collective bargaining against local government unions.
September 18, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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