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Local resident Manon Fleury, left, speaks with Stanstead mayor Jody Stone where people gathered outside the Haskell library and opera house in protest of the new American policy closing access to the library from the U.S. side.John Kenney Montreal Gazette STANSTEAD — Local and federal…

U.S. Senator Peter Welch, D-Vt., a member of the Senate Finance Committee, discusses the importance of protecting Medicaid and his new bipartisan bill, the Rural Hospital Support Act, while touring Brattleboro Memorial Hospital on Wednesday.Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer BRATTLEBORO — U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., stopped…

 Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt) and the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, a Member of Parliament for Compton-Stanstead, Quebec pose for a photo at Tuesday’s community forum held at the Eastside. (Photo By William Crooks) NEWPORT CITY – President Donald Trump continues to tout plans for tariffs between…

Vermont Senator Peter Welch had some choice words to say about President Donald Trump's recent import tariffs on Canadian goods. Welch, who was on the Senate floor in Washington D.C. on Wednesday to speak out about tariffs on the Canadian tariffs, called out the policies…

Vermont Maple Sugar Makers' Association Director Allison Hope, of Lyndon, and U.S. Sen. Peter Welch are at his office in Washington during Hope's visit to communicate the harsh impacts on the maple industry from the tariffs. Maple Association Director Allison Hope Communicates Maple Industry Importance,…

Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, is co-sponsoring legislation that would allow Americans to "safely" import prescription drugs from Canada, where costs are a fraction of what they are in the United States, creating more competition in the pharmaceutical market. "Skyrocketing drug prices are hammering patients in Vermont…