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Published
January 12, 2020

The View From Here: A moderate case for Bernie Sanders

The Vermont left-winger might be best positioned to deliver the policies that moderates say they prefer.
Published
January 9, 2020

Maine Voices: Green New Deal will defuse threat of modern life as dystopia

Dwindling resources and global warming are no longer sci-fi scenarios – but Bernie Sanders has a bold plan to mitigate them.
Published
January 2, 2020

Scarborough teachers rally for contract; Bernie Sanders sends letter of support

Working without a contract since September, Scarborough teachers are pushing for improved working conditions that school officials say are 'good-faith disagreements.'
Published
January 1, 2020

Scarborough teachers’ contract dispute gets national visibility via Bernie Sanders tweet

The Democratic presidential candidate supports the local and state teachers' unions.
Published
December 31, 2019

Sanders vows to enact national standards for ‘forever’ chemicals in water

Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said companies should be paying to clean up contamination.

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Published
December 28, 2019

Commentary: What makes the Iowa caucuses so complicated?

The organizational requirements, the high turnout, the money spent and on hand – all of these keep things interesting.
Published
December 13, 2019

Two Somali politicians find inspiration in each other’s success

Controversial U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, talked Friday with incoming Lewiston City Council member Safiya Khalid after a political rally in New Hampshire.
Published
December 2, 2019

Sanders turns in signatures for Maine presidential primary in March

The presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders announced Monday that it had submitted 2,800 signatures of Maine voters to put the Vermont senator on the Democratic primary ballot in Maine.
Published
November 15, 2019

Commentary: Trump’s economy complicates Democratic candidates’ message

The states with early primaries are doing well, but the battleground states are not.
Published
October 17, 2019

Dana Milbank: Democrats flip the script on a cut-and-run president

During Tuesday’s debate, they sounded very much like Republicans of yore in denouncing Trump for jeopardizing national security.