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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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Bush-Era Education CFO Named Detroit Schools New Emergency Manager
Jack Martin has been serving as Detroit's chief financial officer since spring 2012, when state intervention in city government began.
July 16, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Virginia Ramps up Restoration of Voting Rights for Some Ex-Felons
Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell could restore the voting rights of 10,000 nonviolent ex-felons by the end of his term — nearly twice as many as he has granted in 3½ years in office, administration officials said Monday.
July 16, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Audit: Colorado Health Department's Handling of Medical Marijuana Faulted
State auditors examining the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's role as gatekeeper to medical marijuana use found lax regulation of physicians, unnecessarily high patient fees and a failure to oversee caregivers.
July 16, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Imprisoned Ex-Gov. Blagojevich's Lawyers File Appeal Before Midnight Deadline
Lawyers for disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich filed a long-awaited appeal of his conviction and 14-year sentence late Monday, arguing that U.S. District Judge James Zagel's "one-sided evidentiary rulings" favored prosecutors and that the stiff sentence he imposed was based on vague and speculative evidence.
July 16, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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San Diego Mayor Refuses to Resign
Mayor Bob Filner, facing calls for his resignation amid allegations that he sexually harassed female staff members, said Monday morning that he will not resign.
July 16, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Citing Family Conflict, Illinois AG Lisa Madigan Passes on Gubernatorial Run
For months, Attorney General Lisa Madigan and her father, House Speaker Michael Madigan, brushed aside the notion that it would be a conflict of interest if she served as governor while he continued to run the General Assembly.
July 16, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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North Carolina House Passes Abortion Bill
A strategy that has been used to close abortion clinics in other states by imposing new regulations on them was approved in a contentious bill in the state House on Wednesday.
July 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas Senate Poised to Pass Abortion Bill to Perry
Senators scheduled a vote on a pivotal abortion bill Friday afternoon, one day after a Senate committee gave its approval on a partisan 6-3 vote
July 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Farm Bill Passes House with Food-Stamp Program Stripped Out
The White House late Wednesday said it would veto the 608-page farm bill because it omitted SNAP spending and did not "contain sufficient commodity and crop insurance reforms."
July 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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More Than 12,400 California Prisoners Officially on Hunger Strike
Corrections officials confirmed they would discipline striking inmates, who object to conditions in solitary confinement and also have grievances about prison food, rehabilitation programs and other policies.
July 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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