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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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California Legislative Session: 4 Days, 400 Bills to Consider
The fate of tighter gun control measures and restrictions on oil fracking could hang on a mad dash of political maneuvering and deal-cutting in the Legislature this week, when lawmakers have just four days left to act on about 400 bills.
September 09, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Troubled Group Homes Go Unregulated in Florida
Hundreds of congregate living facilities across Florida escape any state scrutiny because no agency regulates them.
September 09, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Hawaii, Businesses Like Longtime Employer Health Insurance Mandate
Unlike its 49 counterparts, Hawaii has been living with a strict employer mandate for nearly 40 years.
September 09, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Western Maryland Secessionists Seek to Sever Ties with the Liberal Free State
West Virginia was the last state to break off from another. Now, 150 years later, a 49-year-old information technology consultant wants to apply the knife to Maryland’s five western counties.
September 09, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Minnesota Legislature Kicks Off 1-Day Special Session
The Minnesota Legislature will convene in special session today to approve about $4.7 million in disaster relief funds. By agreement with Gov. Mark Dayton, lawmakers will only be in St. Paul for one-day and will not vote on anything besides state help for communities damaged by recent storms. The House and Senate are expected to begin floor sessions at 10 a.m. Despite that iron clad agreement that no ancillaries issues will be approved, legislators are expected to use the one-day session in St. Paul to rail against other issues. Chief among them: new business taxes approved this year. Republican lawmakers, among them Rep. Kurt Zellers and Sen. Dave Thompson who are running for governor, have said that the Legislature should have used the special session to repeal the new taxes. Dayton has said that he approved but does not support the taxes but lawmakers would have to come up with cuts or cash to fill the hole in the budget rescinding the taxes would create. After several negotiating sessions this summer, Dayton and lawmakers could not agree on repealing any taxes during today's session so those issues are expected to wait until next year.
September 09, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Midwestern Governors Jet Off to Japan
Gov. Pat Quinn is among several governors taking a taxpayer-funded trip to Japan to participate in a conference aimed at increasing trade between that country and Midwestern states.
September 09, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Should States Allow Blind People to Own Guns?
Advocates for the disabled and Iowa law enforcement officers disagree over whether it’s a good idea for visually disabled Iowans to have weapons.
September 09, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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AFL-CIO, at a Crossroads, Opens to Nonunion Members
The AFL-CIO for the first time on Sunday will open its quadrennial agenda-setting convention to non-labor voices, in a frank acknowledgment by the largest U.S. federation of unions that it needs new partners and new ideas.
September 09, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Obamacare's Cadillac Tax Could Spur States & Localities to Cut Back Benefits
The so-called Cadillac tax on expensive health insurance plans, which many state and local governments offer, could spur public employers to cut back their rich benefits.
September 06, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
It reminds me of the Soviet Union. When I was in school, this was called communism.
Dan McKenna, who lives in Maine and is part of the push to repeal the state's adoption of Common Core education standards, which some view as a federal government takeover of schools.
September 06, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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