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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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Missouri Gun Bill Would Test Limits in Nullifying Federal Laws
Unless a handful of wavering Democrats change their minds, the Republican-controlled Missouri legislature is expected to enact a statute next month nullifying all federal gun laws in the state and making it a crime for federal agents to enforce them here.
August 29, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Cory Booker Calls for Major Prison Reform, Decriminalizing Marijuana
The United States wastes billions of dollars "warehousing" low-level offenders, Newark Mayor and U.S. Senate hopeful Cory Booker said today, calling for a major overhaul of America's prison system.
August 29, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Federal Timber Payments Reduced in 22 States
The federal government will deduct more than $860,000 from its timber payment to Arizona this year, some of the more than $15 million the U.S. Forest Service said it will withhold from 22 states.
August 29, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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NYPD Designates Mosques as Terrorist Organizations
The New York Police Department has secretly labeled entire mosques as terrorist organizations, a designation that allows police to use informants to record sermons and spy on imams, often without specific evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
August 29, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Drones Join Battle with Wildfire in California
Firefighters battling the giant wildfire burning in the Sierra Nevada added a California National Guard Predator drone to their arsenal Wednesday to give them almost immediate views of any portion of the flames chewing through rugged forests in and around Yosemite National Park.
August 29, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Pennsylvania: County's Gay Marriage Licenses Are Invalid
In a brief Wednesday, state attorneys said those marriage licenses were never valid, and compared gay and lesbian couples to "12-year-olds" who are also barred from marrying under state law.
August 29, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Fast-Food Workers Lead Nationwide Minimum-Wage Protests
In the pre-Labor Day walkout, workers in at least 58 cities will picket restaurants such as McDonald's, Burger King and KFC during peak lunch hours, calling for $15-an hour-pay and the right to form a union without fear of retaliation. The event is also intended to roughly coincide with the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, a protest as much about economic justice as civil rights.
August 29, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Chief Joseph Dam in Washington state is the second-largest hydropower producing dam in the United States.
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Is Hydropower a Renewable Energy or Not?
As states set ambitious goals to increase their use of renewable energies, hydropower could help them meet their goals. But environmental concerns have kept investment in hydropower to a trickle.
August 28, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New York Offers Volunteer Firefighters a Place to Retire
Since 1895, the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York has operated a home for volunteer firefighters. It’s the only home of its kind in the country.
August 28, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Will Common Core Help or Hurt Schools’ Cheating Problem?
From Georgia to Texas, teacher evaluation systems always seem to lead to dishonest behavior. States hope the new Common Core standards will be different.
August 28, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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