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Nearly a year after flood water rushed through Hardwick, Vermont-area businesses said there has been progress, but there is still much work to be done. HARDWICK, Vt. — In Caledonia County, Sen. Peter Welch and local officials continue to assess the damage left behind by…

Flooding in Montpelier July 2023 (file) | Vermont Agency Of Agriculture/Vermont Agency Of Agriculture In the wake of catastrophic disasters in each of their states in 2023, two Democratic U.S. Senators are calling on their peers to pass long-term relief funding. In July 2023, Vermont…

Vermont's Congressional delegation is not happy with the job the Federal Emergency Management Response Agency did in the wake of the historic flooding in Vermont in July 2023. The Great Vermont Flood of 2023, as the National Weather Service dubbed it, took two lives. More than 350 family…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) today released the following statement after voting to keep the government funded and replenish the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Disaster Relief Fund with $16 billion: “Today I voted for a Continuing Resolution that keeps the government open,…

With just nine days left to pass crucial legislation and avert a federal government shutdown, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is watching closely. A FEMA budget that's already tight and an impasse in Congress over a bill to keep the government open beyond Sept. 30 — when funding…