by Medill News Service | Feb 11, 2020 | Campaign 2020
The results for the first primary in the nation are due tonight. Most polling locations opened at 7am and close at 7pm. Follow along for updates from New Hampshire. Feb. 11, 2020 – 8:28 p.m. Olivia Olander MANCHESTER, N.H. — At Sen. Bernie Sanders’...
by Sneha Dey, Olivia Olander and Megan Lebowitz | Feb 11, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
DURHAM, N.H. — On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, Sen. Bernie Sanders took the arena stage, his name emblazoned on a drum set behind him, a stark contrast to the setting of a traditional stump speech. Thousands of millennial and Gen Z supporters showed up...
by Olivia Olander | Feb 11, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
NEW HAMPSHIRE — For first-time voters from across New England, campaign season in New Hampshire provides an opportunity to get up close and personal with the candidates. High school classes, college clubs and other groups of young people were among the thousands...
by Megan Lebowitz | Feb 10, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Topics
New Hampshire’s primary is the first in the nation, and candidates are making their final pitches to undecided voters who will cast their ballots on Tuesday. Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Mayor Pete Buttigieg came out on top of the Iowa caucuses. Both candidates...
by Joshua Irvine | Feb 10, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
MANCHESTER, N.H. – Monday morning, 10:15 a.m. The city of Manchester was preparing to receive President Donald Trump, where thousands of his supporters were expected at a rally that evening. Meanwhile across town, Trump’s closest competitor, Bill Weld, was taking...
by Sneha Dey | Feb 3, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
DES MOINES — On a conference call one week before the Iowa caucuses, the state Democratic Party accessibility director recommended Harry Olmstead, a 69-year-old with a physical disability, bring his own chair to the caucuses in response to his question about...
by Angelina Campanile | Feb 3, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
Northwestern University students ditched classes on Friday to squeeze into a minivan and drive 234 miles west from their suburban Chicago campus to North Liberty, Iowa – deciding that fulfilling their role in American democracy was more important than studying for...
by Gregory Svirnovskiy and Janea Wilson | Jan 22, 2020 | Business, Campaign 2020, Featured
WASHINGTON – Democratic presidential candidate and former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg emphasized the need to improve America’s infrastructure in a speech Wednesday at the Winter Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. In 2017, the American Society of Civil...
