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U.S. Senator Peter Welch, D-Vt., looks at some poems written by students from Green Street School during a tour of the floodplain restoration project along the Whetstone Brook in Brattleboro on Friday, June 14, 2024. Kristopher Radder / Brattleboro Reformer BRATTLEBORO — With the East Coast's…

Peter Miller, of Miller Farm in Vernon, gives U.S,. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt.., a tur around the facility where they get milk ready for some of the local schools on Friday, June 14, 2024. Kristopher Radder - Vermont News Media VERNON — In the last four…

Mariam Zuhaib / Associated PressSen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., listens during a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry oversight hearing on the Department of Agriculture on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, in Washington. A new report from the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee finds that flooding…

Speakers Highlight Support System Sen. Peter Welch, comedian Tina Friml, and Rep. Becca Balint share the stage at the Women’s Economic Opportunity Conference. (Herald / Kassie Tibbott-Hull) On Saturday, June 8, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D, Vermont) presented the 27th annual Women’s Economic Opportunity Conference…

Two nationwide companies offer software that allows landlords to compare and set rental prices using algorithms. Two of Vermont’s members of Congress say that’s price fixing. U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., and U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., want to outlaw the use of rental property…

The Affordable Connectivity Program has officially run out of money. But more than a dozen internet providers have pledged to offer plans at $30 or less through 2024 for low-income households. BUBAONE VIA GETTY IMAGES The Affordable Connectivity Program officially ended Friday after funding for…