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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
Running for public office requires a total emotional commitment he didn’t feel he could give.
Political strategist David Axelrod, talking about ex-White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley who dropped out of the race for Illinois governor Monday.
September 17, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$500,000
How much the California city of Oakland pays each year to collect more than 5,000 mattresses that are illegally dumped on streets and sidewalks. A bill that seeks to remove the financial incentive to dump mattresses on the street is headed to the governor.
September 17, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Latest News
Wisconsin Bill Eases Out-of-State Gun Sales
A Republican effort to ease controls on purchases of rifles and shotguns from out of state might please hunters, but at least one Democrat sees it as an act of subservience to the National Rifle Association.
September 17, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Latest News
Massachusetts AG Joins Governor's Race
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, a Democrat, said on Monday that she would run for governor, three years after she shocked her party by losing a U.S. Senate race to a Republican in the liberal-leaning state.
September 17, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Latest News
Iowa Governor's Race Clearer with Hatch's Entry
The 2014 race for Iowa’s next governor is shifting into focus, and three state leaders have staked out clear contrasts for the primary and general election contests to come.
September 17, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Latest News
Bill Daley Drops Bid for Illinois Governor
In a stunning political development, former White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley is dropping out of the governor’s race because, as one longtime political friend put it Monday, he didn’t have the “fire in the belly.”
September 17, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Democratic Runner-Up Bows Out of New York Mayor Race
Democrat Bill de Blasio became his party's presumptive nominee in the race for New York City mayor on Monday, after his chief rival Bill Thompson conceded the primary and Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave his endorsement for the general election.
September 17, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Latest News
Pennsylvania GOP Governor Agrees to Expand Medicaid with Added Requirements
His proposal would allow new Medicaid recipients to purchase private health insurance, but also would place new requirements on many of the more than one million current adult Medicaid enrollees, including a monthly premium and a job-search mandate.
September 17, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Latest News
Michigan Becomes Largest GOP State to Accept Medicaid Expansion
Michigan is the largest state – the 25th nationally - controlled by Republicans to support a key component of the new federal health care law.
September 17, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
California Governor OKs Early Parole Hearings for Juvenile Offenders
Inmates who committed serious crimes when they were minors but were prosecuted as adults will have a new opportunity to get out of prison under a bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday night.
September 17, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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