Daniel Davis

Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., a former public defender, led a letter Thursday to Senate appropriators calling for the federal public defender program to receive its full funding request for the upcoming fiscal year.  Twenty-five Democrats, including Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., chair of the Senate Judiciary…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Chamber of Progress recently released a new study analyzing the full costs of a lapse in Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) funding. The study found that lower-income families would not only lose access to high-speed internet but also to $10 billion in work…

Consumer advocates in education and healthcare see internet connectivity as a way to lift up struggling families. PHOTO: ERIC GAY/ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON—Backers of a popular subsidy for Americans’ monthly internet bills are making last-minute appeals to leaders to keep the program funded, with Senate proponents hoping to…

Welch comes to Catamount touting climate change bill Sen. Peter Welch speaks at a press conference on April 25 at Williston's Catamount Community Forest promoting new legislation that would reward communities that help build electrical transmission capacity, necessary for expanding access to renewable energy. Observer…

Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., speaking about the Affordable Connectivity Program, ACP, at the Shaw Library in Washington, Tuesday April 30, 2024. Advocacy groups and policymakers are pushing for Congress to fully fund the ACP, because April 2024 marks the last month of full funding. (AP…