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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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Stronger Child Abuse Protections Struggling to Become Law in Pennsylvania
It's been almost exactly one year since a Centre County jury found Jerry Sandusky guilty of child sex abuse crimes against children. At first blush, some may wonder why stronger laws have yet to be enacted.
June 20, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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ACLU Releases Racial Profiling App in Arizona
The smartphone application, online forms, an interactive map and a telephone hotline will catalog and track cases where people believed they were racially profiled by officers from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and other departments.
June 20, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Unused Houston Astrodome May Become Massive Convention Center
The Houston Astrodome, an iconic stadium that’s fallen into disrepair since it was shuttered four years ago, could see new life as a giant convention center and exhibition space under a plan recommended by a county board on Wednesday.
June 20, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Transportation Trends, the Good News About Bridges, and Funeral Directors' Push to Modernize
All the public-sector management news you should know.
June 19, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Bill to Require Notification of Spying Operations Advances in New Jersey
A state Senate panel advanced legislation that would require out-of-state law enforcement agencies to notify New Jersey authorities before conducting counterterrorism operations within its borders.
June 19, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Governments Offer Amazon Millions in Tax Breaks it Doesn't Need
When Amazon expands, state and local governments practically line up to offer to pay the company to move.
June 19, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Lawmakers Must Pay Fines for Walkout, Indiana Supreme Court Rules
Indiana House Democrats won’t recoup any of the more than $233,000 in fines levied against them over their legislative walkouts in 2011 and 2012, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
June 19, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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U.S. Dems Urge DOJ to Recognize Legal Marijuana in Washington State
Seven congressional Democrats from Washington are pressing the U.S. Department of Justice to honor the state’s new recreational-marijuana law — the delegation’s first collective public statement on the issue.
June 19, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Maine Gov. LePage Refuses to Talk to 3 Newspapers
A spokesperson for the administration said that responses from the administration could be gleaned from reports by The Associated Press or through document requests using the Freedom of Access Act.
June 19, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Washington Legislature Closer to Avoiding Government Shutdown
State officials predict rapid progress in budget negotiations after two forecasts on Tuesday gave the Legislature an additional $320 million to spend over the next two years.
June 19, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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