Senator Sanders 

Tuition-Free College “Let’s give a standing ovation to Bernie Sanders” for his proposal to make college free at public universities, wrote Brent Budowsky in The Hill. Sanders’ proposal is supported by a long list of Wall Street reformers and financial industry executives. LINK 

Pardon the Pun Sen. Sanders “is railing against financial inequality enough that his campaign has started to gather steam. I’m not convinced that he’s on track to win the election, but even if he’s just training the electorate to pay more attention … that’s not a crazy reason to run even if his detractors insist it’s a loco motive,” Seth Brown wrote in a Bennington Banner column about puns. LINK

World

U.S. Prepares Plan to Send Hundreds More Trainers to Iraq President Barack Obama is poised to send hundreds more American military advisers to a new base in a strategic Iraqi region to help devise a counterattack against marauding Islamic State militants, U.S. officials said Tuesday, a shift that underscores American concern over recent battlefield losses. The additional troops—expected to be about 500—are intended to help Iraqi forces prepare for the looming fight to break the extremists’ hold on Anbar province, which has long served as a command center for anti-American insurgents near Baghdad, The Wall Street Journal reported. LINK

National

Unions Flex Muscle to Fight Pacific Trade Bill Despite diminished ranks, unions nationwide are presenting themselves as a potent weapon against the trade legislation now moving through Congress: a so-called fast-track bill that would expedite the Pacific trade pact. Union members are volunteering at phone banks, launching letter-writing campaigns and organizing town halls to pressure lawmakers to vote no. The bill, already passed by the Senate with strong Republican support, could face a close vote in the House as early as this week, according to The Wall Street Journal. LINK

Help Wanted The number of U.S. job openings rose to the highest level on record in April, a sign of health in the labor market that could stir upward wage pressure. The U.S. had 5.4 million job openings in April, up from 5.1 million in March, according to the Labor Department’s latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, released Tuesday. The total was the highest since the department began conducting the so-called Jolts survey in 2000, The Wall Street Journal reported. LINK

Vermont

Statehouse ’16 Potential candidates for governor in 2016 include Matt Dunne, 45, of Hartland, a former member of the Vermont House and Senate; Doug Racine, 62, of Richmond, a former state senator, lieutenant governor and, human services secretary under Shumlin; Shap Smith, 47, of Morristown, has served in the Vermont House since 2003 and as its speaker since 2009 and U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, 68, of Norwich, Vermont's at-large congressman since 2007, according to AP.