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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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Kavanaugh, Trump's Supreme Court Pick, Could Trigger Shift on Guns
With the addition of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court could have a conservative majority to strike down bans on semiautomatic weapons in liberal states and to decree that law-abiding Americans have a right to carry a gun in public.
July 19, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Oklahoma's Health Lawyer Received Threatening Emails Over Medical Marijuana. Turns Out, They Were From Herself, and That's Illegal.
The former top lawyer at the Oklahoma Health Department was accused Tuesday in a criminal charge of sending threatening emails to herself in an attention-seeking ploy.
July 19, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Maybe Next Time: Court Removes Ballot Measure to Split California Into 3 States
The state Supreme Court decided Wednesday that California will remain intact geographically, at least for now, while it decides whether the voters can consider a proposal to divide the Golden State into three new states.
July 19, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump's Endorsement a Potential 'Game Changer' in Georgia Governor's Race
President Donald Trump gave Secretary of State Brian Kemp his "full and total endorsement" Wednesday in Georgia's Republican race for governor, dealing Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle a devastating blow in a bitter runoff.
July 19, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Trump Foundation's Taxes Now Under Investigation by New York Governor
The Cuomo administration has opened an investigation into whether President Trump and his charitable foundation violated state law, two officials confirmed Wednesday night.
July 19, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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3 State Workers Become Ill After Opening Foreign Letter
Police say three state workers have been taken to a hospital after becoming ill in their Albany office when one of them opened a letter from a foreign country.
July 19, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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EPA Eases Regulations on Toxic Coal Ash, Empowers States
The Environmental Protection Agency has changed a rule requiring cleanup of ponds holding coal mining waste to give states more flexibility and postpone the deadline to close facilities that have contaminated the surrounding groundwater.
July 19, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I think it’s very uncommon in the First World. This is not a sight that one normally sees.
Philip Alston, the United Nation’s Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, as he toured a county in Alabama where hookworm, a tropical disease that's largely been eradicated in most developed countries, has been detected. The county suffers from poor sewage systems that leave many residents with open pits of human waste in their yards or raw sewage backing up into their homes after heavy rains.
July 18, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
12 points
Lead that U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis has in Florida's GOP race for governor, according to a new poll. President Trump endorsed him, and the respondents who knew that overwhelmingly support DeSantis while the respondents unaware of Trump's backing overwhelmingly support his opponent, state Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam.
July 18, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Medicaid Emerges as Key Issue Between Kansas Democrats Running for Governor
Governor candidates Jack Bergeson and Josh Svaty accused fellow Democrat Laura Kelly of lacking commitment to expand Medicaid in Kansas.
July 18, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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