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Welch has tallied the impact of President Trump’s economic policies and determined that they will cost families in Vermont an average of $2,120 each year. U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger As President Donald Trump orders federal troops into the streets of…

NORTH HERO, Vt. (WCAX) - Trading tensions with Canada are affecting Northern Vermont businesses. Vermont Sen. Peter Welch stopped in the Champlain Islands on Tuesday to hear some of their concerns. Off the shores of Lake Champlain, there’s a little international community at North Hero…

The Foreign Robocall Elimination Act from Sens. Budd and Welch aims to protect Americans “from being preyed on by criminal enterprises across the globe.” The seal of the Federal Communications Commission hangs inside the hearing room at the FCC headquarters on Feb. 26, 2015 in…

Democrats said veterans supporting Trump’s Gaza aid effort face legal risks for “what amounts to military operations on behalf of the Israeli government.” Palestinians gather at an aid distribution point in a desperate attempt to receive limited flour supplies in Gaza City, Gaza, on July…

Welch at a June Judiciary Committee hearing. Photo: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images Sens. Peter Welch and Ron Wyden introduced legislation Monday that would repeal targeted provisions dealing with Medicaid and orphan-drug exemptions in the GOP tax-and-spending law.  Why it matters: The bill has virtually no chance of…

The director of the Boys and Girls Club of Burlington said the renovations took around four years and $600,000 to complete. BURLINGTON, Vt. — Sen. Peter Welch joined staff and kids at the Boys and Girls Club of Burlington on Monday for the grand opening…