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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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Oil, Gas Royalties Restored to 34 States
Department of Interior officials said Tuesday they won't withhold oil and gas royalty payments next year from 34 states, including Colorado, as part of the federal budget sequestration and will pay back funds captured in 2013.
August 28, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Governor Signs Nearly 30 Bills into Law
Gov. Jerry Brown signed nearly 30 measures into law Tuesday, including one allowing noncitizens who are permanent legal residents to serve as poll workers in California elections.
August 28, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Gov. Brown's $315M Plan for Calif. Prisons at Odds with Senate Democrats
Gov. Jerry Brown, laboring under a federal court order to reduce California's prison population by nearly 8,000 inmates, proposed Tuesday to spend hundreds of millions of dollars housing those inmates in local lockups and out of state.
August 28, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Mayors Meet with Obama to Discuss Youth Violence
President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder met with a group of 18 mayors on Tuesday to discuss strategies to cut down on youth violence, the White House said.
August 28, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Michigan Joins 24 Other States Expanding Medicaid
It took two votes and eight hours of mostly closed-door politicking and vote wrangling, but the state Senate approved a plan late Tuesday to expand Medicaid health care coverage to 470,000 low-income Michiganders.
August 28, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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What CIOs Need to Achieve Their Top 3 Priorities
CIOs won’t get anywhere without close cooperation with political leaders and agency managers.
August 27, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Why Do So Many Governments Resist Benchmarking?
Beyond fear of disclosure, there are a number of reasons states and localities may not want to engage in benchmarking.
August 27, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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The Secret Tax Explosion
Special districts are growing like weeds—and raising tax burdens as they proliferate.
August 27, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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What (Not) to Expect from Congress This Session
Congress is back, but don’t expect the players in this sad comedy to know or care much about how any pieces of legislation they pass will affect our states, regions or metros.
August 27, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Goodbye Governing, Hello San Diego
After 26 years, this journalist will stop writing and start doing in San Diego as the city’s newest urban planner.
August 27, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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