Why not make Election Day a national holiday?

Voting advocates support it, but election experts say getting the day off isn't the right approach to bolster turnout.

• Oct 26, 2020

Houston student group wants virtual school until vaccine available

"You're needlessly putting lives at risk by making people do in-person instruction," said Houston high school senior Jennifer Hamad.

• Oct 8, 2020

Voter registration ends Monday in 12 states

According to early returns, nearly 4 million votes have already been cast.

• Oct 5, 2020

Trump encourages supporters to monitor polling places — a federal crime

What President Trump is urging his supporters to do differs from the duties certified poll watchers are tasked with.

• Sep 30, 2020

Colorado business owners adapt to COVID realities, prepare for future

"Anything that could have gone wrong has gone wrong this year, and I think we've still come out the other side feeling confident about this winter," said The Aspen Company's Caleb Sample.

• Sep 24, 2020

Election Day dictionary: All the terms you need to know

What is the difference between voting absentee and by mail? What does it mean if my ballot is rejected? Here are your answers.

• Sep 6, 2020

Female politicians of color celebrate 19th Amendment centennial while recognizing shortfalls

"During the passage of the 19th Amendment, we left out women of color, we left out Black women, and I don't want us to continue to do that in our policy," Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib said.

• Sep 1, 2020

Newly minted pastry chef opens home business in response to COVID

Jobs "at the Four Seasons and the higher-end hotels...they're just nonexistent right now," 37-year-old Thuy Carroll said. "It's been a challenge. So, I was like, I'm just gonna pivot and see what happens."

• Aug 21, 2020

Houston students want to be heard in school reopening conversation

"We don't want our children to be lab rats," one student tells CBS News, in this latest COVID Chronicles report.

• Jul 23, 2020

Seasonal changes bring challenges for Colorado tourism amid pandemic

Tourists spend billions in Colorado each year — in 2018, travelers spent $22.3 billion in the state.

• Jul 12, 2020

Trade school students face adversity amid COVID pandemic

Trained to enter workforce, trade school graduates enter worst job market in history, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. Here's the latest in the COVID Chronicles — the impact of the coronavirus on 2020 battleground states.

• Jun 4, 2020

Catherine Cortez Masto, dark horse for Biden running mate?

The Nevada senator has stayed out of the limelight and yet remains on most lists as a possible running mate for Joe Biden.

• May 11, 2020

Bernie Sanders announces he will remain in presidential race

Sanders did not speak on Tuesday evening after losing primaries in four states and winning in North Dakota.

• Mar 11, 2020

Sanders and Biden tangle over trade in Democratic primaries in Rust Belt

Sanders is betting on protectionist trade policies deliver him a win he needs in Michigan and other voting contests to come.

• Mar 9, 2020

Sanders and Bloomberg slam Trump over coronavirus

This was the first time Sanders has mentioned coronavirus on the campaign trail. Bloomberg questioned the choice of Pence to lead the response.

• Feb 28, 2020

Sanders slams Buttigieg and Bloomberg on the trail in New Hampshire

"I like Pete Buttigieg. Nice guy," Sanders said. "But we are in a moment where billionaires control not only our economy but our political life. I'm reading some headlines from newspapers about Pete Buttigieg."

• Feb 7, 2020

Sanders bashes Iowa state Dems and claims popular vote victory

He said the state party's "screwup" in handling the results of the Iowa caucuses has been "extremely unfair" to Iowans and the candidates.

• Feb 6, 2020

Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden continue to trade fire over Social Security

Sanders tweeted video of Biden from 1995 that depicts him talking about freezing entitlement spending.

• Jan 22, 2020

Sanders apologizes to Biden for surrogate op-ed

"It is absolutely not my view that Joe is corrupt in any way. And I'm sorry that that op-ed appeared," Sanders told CBS News.

• Jan 20, 2020

Rep. warns not electing progressive could lead to another Trump

Jayapal endorsed Bernie Sanders for president Sunday, a notable win for the Sanders campaign over fellow progressive Senator Elizabeth Warren.

• Jan 20, 2020

Sanders says seniors support Biden "because Joe is a nice guy"

The Vermont senator has been criticizing the former vice president's record on Social Security in the weeks leading up to the Iowa caucuses.

• Jan 19, 2020

Sanders' 4th quarter fundraising efforts top the 2020 Democrat field

Sanders racked up the largest quarterly fundraising total of any Democratic candidate so far in 2020.

• Jan 2, 2020

Bernie Sanders knocks rivals for taking donations from billionaires

"Why would many, many billionaires be contributing to candidates if they didn't think they were getting something out of it? They're not doing it through the goodness of their hearts."

• Dec 16, 2019

Bernie Sanders looks beyond contests in Iowa and New Hampshire

In interview with CBS News, Sanders campaign manager Faiz Shakir talks about a path to nomination, even if Sanders doesn't win the earliest voting contests.

• Nov 28, 2019

Emotional town halls become centerpiece of Bernie Sanders' campaign

"We are going to take on the billionaire class, substantially reduce wealth inequality in America and stop our democracy from turning into a corrupt oligarchy"

• Sep 27, 2019

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