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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.

Pennsylvania Sues County for Issuing Gay Marriage Licenses
One week after Montgomery County began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, the Corbett administration has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the practice.
July 31, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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States' Self-Driving Car Laws Open Door to More Questions Than Answers
In California, Nevada, Florida and the District of Columbia, companies are allowed to test their self-driving vehicles on private roads, then public roads. But legislation is just the beginning.
July 30, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Study Links State Prison Reforms to Drops in Welfare Spending
Prison reforms may result in better conditions for inmates, but those improvements come at the expense of welfare cash assistance and other government relief for the needy, according to a study released this month by Rice University and Louisiana State University.
July 30, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Worry more about the next generation than the next election.
What Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said he's going to say to his peers when he hosts the National Governors Association conference in Milwaukee this weekend.
July 30, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
22 percent
The portion of people in Mississippi using food stamps in April, which was the highest of any other state. View charts and updated data for every state.
July 30, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Feds Give Massachusetts Power to Police Retailer Food Stamp Fraud
Massachusetts becomes the 15th state to have an active agreement of this type with the Department of Agriculture.
July 30, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Controversial Treatment for Mentally Ill Showing Positive Results
A study has found that a controversial program that orders patients with severe mental illness to receive treatment when they are not hospitalized has had positive results.
July 30, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Celebrities Join California Prison Hunger Strikers' Cause
Gloria Steinem, Jesse Jackson, Bonnie Raitt and Jay Leno have joined prison hunger strikers in calling for an end to California's use of solitary confinement to control prison gang violence.
July 30, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California City 1st in Nation to Use Eminent Domain to Save Homes
The power of eminent domain has traditionally worked against homeowners, who can be forced to sell their property to make way for a new highway or shopping mall. But now the working-class city of Richmond, Calif., hopes to use the same legal tool to help people stay right where they are.
July 30, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Study: Sea-Level Rise Threatens 1,400 U.S. Cities
"This is probably the most unique and novel way I've seen of talking about a longer time frame," says Peter Ruggiero, a coastal engineering scientist at Oregon State University. He says it's "useful," because most analyses look only at this century, and "the world doesn't end in 2100."
July 30, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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