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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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Trenton Mayor Asks Christie for $46.4M to Combat Surge in Homicides
Mayor Tony Mack, who laid off 100 police officers in 2011 amid sweeping city budget cuts, sent the letter before a violent weekend in Trenton that included four homicides and brought the city's total for the year to 27. The record for homicides in Trenton is 31 set in 2005.
August 06, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Iowa GOP Wants TV Networks to Pull Clinton Programs
The chairman of the Iowa GOP said Monday the state party won’t co-sponsor presidential debates with NBC or CNN unless the networks cancel planned broadcasts of programming about Hillary Clinton, who is seen as Democrats’ most popular choice for the party’s presidential nomination.
August 06, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Report: Racial Inequality Still Exists on College Campuses
After decades of affirmative-action and diversity programs, the study released by Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce suggests that racial equality has not arrived on American campuses, analysts say.
August 06, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Celebrated Texas Sen. Wendy Davis to Run for Governor or Re-Election
In remarks at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Davis said she’d either run for governor or try to hold on to her hard-fought state Senate seat.
August 06, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Detroit Voters Head to Polls Amid Uncertainty
The path toward the city’s new leadership begins Tuesday as city voters begun voting early to winnow a field of candidates for the next mayor and City Council.
August 06, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Gunman Kills 3, Including 1 Town Official, at Pa. Municipal Meeting
A man feuding with township officials in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains over living conditions at his ramshackle, trash-filled property killed three people at a municipal meeting - including at least one town official - in a rampage that blew holes through the walls and sent people crawling for cover, authorities said.
August 06, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$700
The cost for a medical marijuana ID card and an ounce of the drug for some patients in New Jersey, which has some of the most expensive rates among the 11 states that allow the sale of pot for medicinal purposes.
August 05, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I get made fun of my love of Governing magazine, but, it's like the Sports Illustrated for city counselors.
Boston mayoral candidate Rob Consalvo, during an interview for NECN.com. Consalvo has called for the creation of an office of ideas -- many of which he said he finds in Governing magazine.
August 05, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Oregon's Foreclosure Mediation Program: Take Two
Oregon's foreclosure mediation program launched last July to a lot of fanfare, then promptly fizzled when it got almost no participation. The do-over starts today.
August 05, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New Jersey's Medical Marijuana Program is Nation's Most Expensive
From registration fees and required multiple doctor visits that insurance won’t cover, to sales tax and the price of pot, New Jersey’s costs are generally higher than the 10 other states and Washington, D.C., that permit medical marijuana retail sales, according to a Star-Ledger analysis.
August 05, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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