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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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Obama Touts Tennessee's College Funding Rules
President Barack Obama’s call on Thursday for states to follow Tennessee’s lead and award greater funding to colleges that show results with students pushed the state’s evolving education policies into the national spotlight once again.
August 23, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Bike-Share Program Coming to Philadelphia
Sometime next summer or fall, Philadelphia expects to join New York, Boston, Chicago, and other major cities with a bike-sharing program that will enable registered users to pick up a bicycle at a station in one part of town, ride around, and drop off the bike at another station as easily as they would make the trip in a taxi - apart from the exercise.
August 23, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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NYC Council Rejects Mayor’s Vetoes of Police Oversight Bills
New York’s City Council created an inspector general to review police practices, overriding Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s veto and putting another check on the stop-and-frisk policy he championed as a crime-fighting tool.
August 23, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Citing Obamacare, Local Governments Cut Workers' Hours Across the Nation
Many cash-strapped cities and counties facing the prospect of shelling out hundreds of thousands of dollars in new health-care costs under the Affordable Care Act are opting instead to reduce the number of hours their part-time employees work.
August 23, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Federal Budget to Fight Wildfires is Depleted
For the second straight year, the federal government has run through its budget for fighting wildfires amid a grueling, deadly season and will be forced to move $600 million from other funds, some of which help prevent fires.
August 23, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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U.S. Sues to Stop Texas' Voter ID law
The Justice Department ramped up efforts Thursday to reimpose oversight of Texas elections, suing to block a stringent voter ID law and weighing in on a fight over redrawn political maps.
August 23, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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3 States Link Health Exchanges to Voter Registration
So far, just three states have officially said they’ll link the health exchanges and voter registration. But whether the rest will – or will be required to under federal law – is an open question that will likely lead to court battles and at least a temporary patchwork approach nationwide.
August 22, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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San Diego Mayor Expected to Resign
Mayor Bob Filner will resign from office as part of a mediation deal reached in his sexual harassment lawsuit, sources familiar with the negotiations said Thursday.
August 22, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Government is there to provide emergency services for those who are injured by accident, not reckless or intentional behavior.
Todd Spitzer, an Orange County board supervisor, who's seeking to change California law so that municipal governments can bill citizens for extraordinary rescues caused by reckless behavior. His mission began after two hikers on hallucinatory drugs got lost and cost the local fire authority $55,000 to rescue.
August 22, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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The number of times a New Yorker has been arrested for posing like a public transportation worker in attempts to drive a train. He's served 18 of his 49 years in jail.
August 22, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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