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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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John Morse Will be 1st Colorado Lawmaker to Face Recall
State Senate President John Morse is the target of a recall for his leadership on the party's passage of tougher gun control laws in this year's legislative session
June 19, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Some States Get to Delay Using Tests in Teacher Evaluations
The U.S. Department of Education will allow some states that have gotten waivers from pieces of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to postpone using student growth on state tests as a factor in personnel decisions for up to one additional year —until the 2016-17 school year.
June 19, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Obama's Forgotten States, Dissent Festers
Barack Obama’s near-complete absence from more than 25 percent of the states, from which he is politically estranged, is no surprise, in that it reflects routine cost-benefit calculations of the modern presidency. But in a country splintered by partisanship and race, it may also have consequences.
June 19, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Michigan Gov. Snyder Signs 2014 Budget
Gov. Rick Snyder signed a 2013-14 state budget that doesn't address two of his major priorities -- expanded Medicaid coverage and raising more than $1 billion in extra revenues for repair and maintenance of state roads and bridges.
June 14, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Will PRISM Hinder State and Local Open-Data Efforts?
The controversy surrounding the National Security Agency's online spying program, PRISM, has some state and local open-data proponents concerned it will negatively impact their image.
June 14, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Gov. Scott Heads to Paris in Search of Jobs to Bring to Florida
Gov. Rick Scott heads overseas again on Friday, this time to Paris as the leader of a trade mission aimed at bringing more aerospace jobs to Florida.
June 14, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Legal Fight over Drilling Money Seeps into Virginia Governor’s Race
A complex legal dispute over mineral rights in Virginia’s coal country has become the latest battleground in the state’s bitterly fought gubernatorial race, with Democrats accusing Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II of improperly siding with out-of-state energy companies against Virginians who say the firms cheated them out of natural gas royalties.
June 14, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Court Allows Christie's Special Election
A three-judge appellate panel has rejected a challenge to Gov. Chris Christie’s decision to call a special election to fill the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s seat in October, three weeks before the regularly scheduled November election.
June 14, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Colorado Parole Chief Fired in Wake of Corrections Chief's Murder
The Department of Corrections has fired State Parole Chief Tim Hand in the wake of the murder of corrections chief Tom Clements, whom officials believe was killed by a parolee.
June 14, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Philadelphia Council OKs New Property, Cigarette Taxes
Regarding school funding, Council unanimously passed a new $2-per-pack cigarette tax as part of Mayor Nutter's plan to help the school district close a $304 million budget hole.
June 14, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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