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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 Carolina Governor Signs Abortion Law Amid Protests
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory on Monday signed into law a measure directing state officials to regulate abortion clinics based on the same standards as those for outpatient surgical centers, a change that critics say will force most to close.
July 30, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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D.C. Records Its First Legal Marijuana Deal in At Least 75 Years
The 15-year struggle to legalize medical marijuana in the District ended like this: A 51-year-old Northwest resident entered a North Capitol Street rowhouse Monday evening and emerged 90 minutes later with slightly less than a half-ounce of street-legal, high-grade, D.C.-grown cannabis.
July 30, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Weiner Drops to 4th in NYC Mayoral Poll
Anthony Weiner has dropped to fourth place among Democrats seeking to be New York City mayor after admitting he continued to exchange sexually explicit online messages and photos following his 2011 resignation from Congress, with 53% of likely voters saying he should withdraw from the race, a poll released Monday showed.
July 30, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Their touch and sensitivity made what was almost unbearable, bearable.
Steven Hernandez, an attorney for the state of Connecticut, which recently passed a law to formalize a state-sponsored system for training social workers and dogs to help traumatized children. After last year's mass school shooting in Newtown, state officials found dogs to be helpful therapeutic aids for counseling the surviving children.
July 29, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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The ratio of Americans who for at least a year of their lives have struggled with joblessness, relied on government aid or had income below 150 percent of the poverty line, according to a recent survey.
July 29, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Chief Innovation Officers Make Their Way into Schools
At least four school districts have hired chief innovation officers at the district level since 2011, while Newark Public Schools has this position in a number of its schools.
July 29, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Minnesota May be 1st State to Regulate Retail Coin Dealers
A state law takes effect Thursday that will provide consumer protections for precious metals buyers and, effective next July, give the Minnesota Department of Commerce oversight over dealers and their employees.
July 29, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Court File Shows Confusion over Wisconsin Abortion Law
A doctor who filed an affidavit in support of Wisconsin's new abortion regulations provided a federal court with inaccurate information on how difficult it would be for doctors who perform abortions to obtain the hospital admitting privileges required by the law.
July 29, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Governors Martinez and Sandoval Thrive Where Republicans Struggle
Of all the obstacles standing between the Republican Party and the White House, preventing heavily Latino, trending-blue Western states from settling comfortably into the Democratic column is high on the list.
July 29, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Colorado Concealed-Carry Permits See Dramatic Rise in 2013
Experts differ on the motivating factors behind the soaring numbers.
July 29, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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