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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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Michigan and Illinois Get Two Medicaid Systems for the Price of One
The partnership is a first of its kind in the country and will save the states millions in start-up and maintenance costs.
September 13, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$10
The highest minimum wage in the country, which is in Washington state. In 2016, California will raise its minimum wage to $10 under a bill approved last week.
September 13, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Americans have always thought the country was in decline, even back in colonial times.
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough.
September 13, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Latest News
States with Legal Marijuana Ask Feds to Update Banking Regulations
Unless Congress amends the law, marijuana businesses must be cash-only, creating a potentially dangerous situation in which they must keep thousands of dollars in cash on hand.
September 13, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Passes Bill to Give More Immigrants Driver's Licenses
Laboring late into the night Thursday to finish their work for the year, state lawmakers acted to allow many more immigrants who are in the country illegally to obtain California driver's licenses, a measure Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to sign.
September 13, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Oregon Lawmakers Consider Writing Marijuana Ballot Themselves
Oregon’s House leadership is talking about referring its own marijuana legalization measure to voters rather than waiting on someone else to write a ballot measure for 2014.
September 13, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Aides: Pennsylvania Governor Reviewing Options for Medicaid Reform, Not Expansion
Denying reports that he has agreed to Medicaid expansion under Obamacare, aides to Gov. Tom Corbett said on Thursday he is reviewing options for Medicaid reform that he will outline next week.
September 13, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California to Raise Minimum Wage to $10
A bill that would boost California's minimum wage to $10 an hour by 2016 won approval by the state Legislature on Thursday and was sent to Gov. Jerry Brown, who said he would sign it.
September 13, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Obama OKs Federal Aid for Flood-Ravaged Colorado
Heavy rains caused widespread flash flooding in Colorado on Thursday, forcing hundreds of evacuations and leaving at least three people dead.
September 13, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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8 Years After Katrina, Mississippi Has $872M in Unspent Federal Recovery Funds
Eight years after Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast, Mississippi still hasn’t spent almost $1billion in federal money dedicated to recovery from the storm.
September 13, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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