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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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Gay-Marriage Lawsuit Puts Pennsylvania Governor in Bind
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, who’s suffering from low approval ratings and has a tough reelection battle looming next year, is facing yet another politically difficult decision: whether or not to stand up for the Keystone State’s same-sex marriage ban.
July 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Tests Show Few Utah Welfare Applicants Use Drugs
Since Utah's new law requiring drug screening for welfare applicants went into effect last August, the state has spent more than $26,000 looking for drug users among 4,400 applicants. Of those applicants, about 400 were identified after taking a written test as having a "reasonable likelihood" that they were using drugs.
July 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Home to Highest Homeless Rate, Philly Lays Out Plan to Address it
In an unusually frank document, the city has laid out stark statistical descriptions of poverty in Philadelphia, accompanied by a plan to try to deal with the problem.
July 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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San Diego Mayor Apologizes Amid Sex Harassment Allegations, Says He Needs Help
The mayor of San Diego apologized on Thursday for failing to respect women who worked for him after a prominent former supporter accused him of sexual harassment and urged him to resign as leader of the nation’s eighth-largest city.
July 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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North Carolina Governor Says He Mingled with Protesters Unnoticed
In the age of mobile phone cameras and instant posting to social media, the governor seems to have moved in and out of the throngs without anyone capturing his interaction on video or film.
July 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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West Virginia Lawmakers Travel to North Dakota to Study Oil-Tax Fund
State lawmakers from West Virginia are coming to North Dakota this summer to learn more about the state's efforts to set aside tax money generated by the oil and gas industry.
July 11, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Florida Cities on Guard for Any Post-Zimmerman Unrest
Police and city leaders in Florida say they have taken precautionary steps for the possibility of mass protests or even civil unrest if George Zimmerman is acquitted in the killing of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, particularly in African-American neighborhoods where passions run strongest over the case.
July 11, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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N.J. Supreme Court Blocks Christie's Plan to Abolish Affordable-Housing Agency
Gov. Chris Christie cannot shut down an independent state agency charged with building affordable housing for New Jersey’s poorest residents, the state Supreme Court ruled today. The decision deals a blow to the Republican governor’s agenda and shields other independent agencies from similar power grabs.
July 11, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Despite Wal-Mart's Threat, D.C. Council Approves 'Living Wage' Bill
D.C. lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to a bill requiring some large retailers to pay their employees a 50 percent premium over the city’s minimum wage, a day after Wal-Mart warned that the law would jeopardize its plans in the city.
July 11, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Pennsylvania AG Won't Defend State's Gay-Marriage Ban in Lawsuit
Attorney General Kathleen Kane is expected to announce Thursday that her office won't defend the state in a federal lawsuit that challenges Pennsylvania's ban on gay marriage, the Daily News has learned.
July 11, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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