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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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Feds Extend Indiana's Medicaid Pilot
President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul envisioned that about half of Indiana’s uninsured residents would get coverage through an expansion of Medicaid, the jointly run federal and state health program for the poor.
September 04, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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3 Possible Candidates Stay Out of Race for San Diego Mayor
Three potential candidates for San Diego mayor said thanks but no thanks Tuesday, announcing that they will not run to succeed Bob Filner.
September 04, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Half of States Lack Disaster Plans for Schools, Day Care
More than half of the states and the District of Columbia do not require schools or day care centers to meet minimum standards to protect children during major emergencies, according to a new report.
September 04, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Bumpy Start for Benefits for Same-Sex Military Couples
Tuesday was the first working day that gays in the military could apply for benefits after the Pentagon announced it would recognize same-sex marriages.
September 04, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$12.50
The hourly wage that Walmart would be forced to pay its employees in Washington, D.C., if Mayor Vincent Gray signs a so-called "living wage" bill that's sitting on his desk. The district's minimum wage is only $8.25.
September 03, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
The green rush is upon us. The federal government is saying, 'We're just going to back off.'
Derek Franklin, president of an association that campaigned against Washington state's marijuana legalization law. The federal government announced last week that it wouldn't interfere with the enforcement of such laws in Washington state or Colorado.
September 03, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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BYOD Policies, Growing More Popular, Create Challenges for Schools
The rapid proliferation of smartphones and tablets has led an increasing number of schools to allow students to bring their own devices into the classroom, leaving administrators with the big job of re-evaluating security and privacy policies and updating networks.
September 03, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Cyberattack Entangles Kentucky Education Department
A cyberattack on the Kentucky Department of Education's Infinite Campus information network has kept thousands of parents from accessing data online about their schoolchildren.
September 03, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Bill to Expand Nurses' Roles to Ease Doctor Shortage Dies
An effort to ease a shortage of primary-care doctors in some California communities by letting nurse practitioners operate more independently has flat-lined in the Legislature after a fierce lobbying battle. A bill by Sen. Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina) would have allowed nurse practitioners, who have more training than registered nurses, to practice without the direct supervision of a physician. The proposal failed in a committee Friday, under fire from the California Medical Assn., the powerful lobbying arm for the state's physicians. The organization teamed with some specialists and labor unions to mobilize lobbyists, engage doctors across the state and even dedicate Twitter accounts as it waged its campaign against the bill. The group supported a separate measure to permit nurse practitioners and some other non-physicians to perform first-trimester abortions, which lawmakers passed and sent to Gov. Jerry Brown last week. Jockeying over the scope of medical professionals' practice has intensified this year as California prepares for full implementation of the new national healthcare law, which will bring an influx of newly insured patients.
September 03, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Gay Couple Files Federal Lawsuit Against South Carolina’s Defense of Marriage Law
Two Lexington County women who were legally married in Washington, D.C., have filed a federal lawsuit in Columbia challenging South Carolina’s Defense of Marriage Law and a 2006 amendment to the state Constitution that expressly banned same-sex marriages.
September 03, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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