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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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North Dakota Struggles to Fill Some State Jobs
With long hours, a high cost of living and few housing choices, the North Dakota Highway Patrol struggles to get applicants to accept job offers around the Oil Patch.
August 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Virginia Doc Who Lent Governor’s Firm $50k Offered Medical Board Appointment
A Virginia Beach radiologist lent $50,000 to a real estate corporation owned by Gov. Robert F. McDonnell and his sister in 2010 — the same year the doctor was offered an appointment to a state medical board.
August 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Feds Deny Disaster Aid for Arizona Fire That Killed 19 Firefighters
Arizona’s top elected officials decried the federal government’s decision Friday not to declare the Yarnell Hill Fire a major disaster, saying it broke a promise and was a slap to a grieving community.
August 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Massachusetts Ties Community Colleges' Funding to Their Performance
Massachusetts has launched a new way of funding community colleges, for the first time tying a large portion of each college’s budget to its ability to improve graduation rates, meet the state’s workforce needs, and help more minority students thrive.
August 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Judge Orders Cooling-Off Period to Prevent 2nd BART Strike
After a brief but extraordinary weekend hearing, a San Francisco Superior Court judge Sunday morning ordered a 60-day cooling-off period to prevent a second damaging transit strike in the Bay Area.
August 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Christie, Booker Share Dozens of Donors from Wall Street to Silicon Valley
Five dozen wealthy donors from Wall Street to Silicon Valley have placed their bets on both of New Jersey’s big political stars — Republican Gov. Chris Christie and Democratic Newark Mayor Cory Booker — this campaign season, a Star-Ledger review of state and federal records shows.
August 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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States Scramble to Cash In on ACA's Medicaid Medication Savings
A little-known provision of the 2010 health care law has states and their governors scrambling to take advantage of potential savings in how states distribute medication to Medicaid patients.
August 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Suburban Poverty on the Rise
Metropolitan suburbs have seen the largest and fastest-growing poverty rates in America over the past decade, according to a study released this week by the Brookings Institution.
August 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Following States' Lead, U.S. Seeks Limits on Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
As states, including Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky and Texas, have reduced their prison populations by referring more offenders to treatment or probation, the federal system has continued to grow and now is at least 40% over capacity with nearly 220,000 inmates
August 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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The cost of Oakland, Calif.'s municipal ID that also acts as a debit card -- a first in the nation. There are also additional fees to activate the card, maintain it, call customer service and withdrawal money. Critics charge the cards are too expensive for a product targeted at low-income people.
August 09, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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