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Stowe Electric Department on Monday welcomed an entourage of federal officials who came bearing an early Christmas gift: $6 million in funding that will pay for a passel of green energy projects the utility has long been planning. Among the projects the utility will tackle…

The long-shot proposal by Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vermont) and outgoing Sen. Joe Manchin III (I-West Virginia) would impose 18-year term limits on new justices. About four in 10 Americans said they have hardly any confidence in the Supreme Court, according to a June poll from…

A pair of lawmakers have sent a letter to the heads of two U.S. antitrust agencies raising concerns that DraftKings and FanDuel are blocking competition from emerging sports betting operators. U.S. Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Peter Welch, D-Vt., sent a letter Thursday to the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department…

What’s the news: Following AMA advocacy in leading the charge to reform the Medicare payment system, a bipartisan group in the U.S. Senate has joined to ask the chamber’s Democratic and Republican leaders to address the 2.8% cuts to Medicare payment that are scheduled to take effect…

“This decision is of great concern to our constituents in border communities and surrounding areas, as it negatively affects public safety, the local economy, and the availability of workers in critical industries,” the Vermont delegation wrote. The U.S.-Canadian border crossing in Norton, Vermont, in March…

Industry leaders back the TRAIN Act, seeking to help artists identify unauthorized use of their copyrighted works in generative AI training models. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced the Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks (TRAIN) Act on Monday in the latest effort to shield…