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No votes or donations, but DREAMers still play election role

by Kimberly Adams
May 27, 2016
Undocumented immigrants have a lot at stake in the election, but can't donate cash.
Carlos Martinez can't vote or donate to campaigns, so he instead focuses on non-partisan voter outreach, encouraging those who can to vote.
Natalí Faxas
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What Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have in common

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
May 26, 2016
There's a lot, actually.
Presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump might be debating soon.
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Would anyone take a Trump vs. Sanders debate seriously?

by Marketplace Staff
May 26, 2016
We asked what you'd want the candidates to answer if they actually had a debate. Here's what you said.
Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally Wednesday in Anaheim, California.
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Candidates and parties join to solicit bigger checks

by Kimberly Adams
May 26, 2016
A legal change since the last election paved the way for even larger donations.
US flags fly outside a polling station during Missouri primary voting at the First Baptist Church of Ferguson on March 15. Changes in campaign finance law means bigger contributions.
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Trump talks energy in anxious oil country

by Leigh Paterson
May 26, 2016
In North Dakota, oil workers worry about low prices and rising pressure from climate change.
People watch as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally on May 26, 2016 in Bismarck, North Dakota.
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The state with the best economy is voting today

by Tony Wagner
May 17, 2016
Oregonians head to the polls amidst the state's glowing financial health. How'd it get here?
Former President Bill Clinton speaks at Central Oregon Community College in support of democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on May 5, 2016, in Bend, Oregon.
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The Sound Bite: Bill Clinton's economic record

by Kai Ryssdal
May 16, 2016
Hillary Clinton says her administration would put her husband on economic revitalization duty.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton shakes hands with the crowd during a campaign stop Sunday in Louisville, Kentucky. Clinton is preparing for Kentucky's May 17th primary.
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The Sound Bite: Trump on debt

by Kai Ryssdal
May 9, 2016
Breaking down what he had to say about debt and printing money
 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during his rally at the Charleston Civic Center on Thursday in Charleston, West Virginia. 
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Without energy, West Virginia's economy is flat, and that's a problem

by Tony Wagner
May 9, 2016
Relatively few West Virginians work in coal mines, but those that do have nowhere to go.
A man buys a hat before a rally for Republican U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump in Charleston, West Virginia on Thursday.
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Coal mining jobs in West Virginia aren't coming back

by Scott Tong
May 9, 2016
Neither politicians nor policies can undo what the market's done to coal.
West Virginia's primary is Tuesday. Hillary Clinton has said, "We're going to put a lot of coal miners out of business." Donald Trump promised, "We're going to put the miners back to work." Above, signs at a Charleston, West Virginia, rally on Thursday.  
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