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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.

Who Said That
That is enough to pay a utility bill, buy a week of groceries, or cover a month of bus fares. What Starbucks calls 'de minimis' is not de minimis at all to many ordinary people who work for hourly wages.
Justice Goodwin Liu, in the California Supreme Court's unanimous ruling requiring employers to pay workers for tasks they regularly perform before or after their regular work hours.
July 31, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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People in Florida ordered to surrender their guns since March, when a state law took effect that lets judges revoke weapons from people deemed a threat to themselves or others. The law was passed in the wake of the Parkland school shooting.
July 31, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
First Refund of Union Fees Issued Since Janus Ruling
An employee at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has won the first refund of mandatory union fees stemming from last month's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that public employees cannot be required to pay unions dues or fees if they opt out of membership.
July 31, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Trump Spurns Medicaid Proposal After Furious White House Debate
Hoping to head off a full expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, some senior officials in the Trump administration and Republican governors have been pushing hard for a smaller expansion to satisfy a growing political demand in their states.
July 31, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
No Medical Marijuana Near You? Rhode Island Sells to Out-of-Staters.
While lawmakers last month rejected adding more medical marijuana dispensaries in the state, one surviving component of the legislation has quietly begun: sales to out-of-state residents.
July 31, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
In Clergy Sex Abuse Case, Pennsylvania AG Asks for the Pope's Help
Amid a still-boiling legal battle over a secret grand jury report into alleged Catholic clergy sex abuse across Pennsylvania, Attorney General Josh Shapiro has appealed to Pope Francis to step in and persuade opponents to drop their bid to block the report's release.
July 31, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
With 3-D Printed Guns a Reality, States Aim to Limit Their Spread
After a Texas group last week posted "blueprints" that allow people to make their own guns with the use of a 3D-print, Pennsylvania and New Jersey joined eight other states Monday in a legal bid to keep their residents from accessing the files.
July 31, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Police Who Shot Minneapolis Man Running Away Won't Face Charges
Hennepin County prosecutors will not charge the two police officers who fatally shot Thurman Blevins, a decision announced Monday hours after just-released body camera footage showed the deadly encounter in a north Minneapolis alley.
July 31, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Trump Administration OKs 2 States' Plans to Lower Obamacare Premiums
Here's an interesting twist -- two conservative Republican governors are actually strengthening Obamacare in their states.
July 31, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
A Major City Ends Data-Sharing Contract With ICE
Mayor Kenney won't renew a controversial city contract that allows federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to access a key law-enforcement database, known as PARS, and use that information against undocumented but otherwise law-abiding immigrants in Philadelphia.
July 31, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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