Montpelier, VT – Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas announced today that her office will be continuing the Kid Governor® national civic education initiative in Vermont this year after a successful inaugural year in 2025. Kid Governor® is a free…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, joined U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), U.S. Representative Kim Schrier (D-WA-08), and 87 bicameral lawmakers in demanding President Trump reverse his executive order directing federal health agencies to overhaul longstanding childhood vaccine…
More than 19,400 children face hunger in Vermont SHELBURNE, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, delivered remarks Monday at the School Nutrition Association of Vermont’s 2026 “Seeds of Change: Growing Vermont’s Future” conference. At the event, Senator Welch…
MANCHESTER>> Green Mountain Academy welcomes Holly Salmon, the John L. and Susan K. Gardner Director of Conservation at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, to talk about the restoration of its Dutch Room gallery. The talk will take place on Tuesday, August 25…
What shapes the way we understand America’s past — and who influences the stories we remember? As the nation marks its 250th anniversary, join Manchester resident Jim Ramsey, Senior Advisor to the United States Capitol Historical Society in Washington, D.C.,…
MONTPELIER, Vt. – Attorney General Charity Clark today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general and the governor of Pennsylvania in filing two lawsuits against the Trump Administration for demanding production of a database of state-owned records containing the sensitive personal information of 17 million commercial drivers and threatening to terminate…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, led their colleagues in pressing for answers about the sharp discrepancy between the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and Ecuadorian military regarding a violent joint counternarcotics operation carried out…
BENNINGTON, VT —On Sunday, September 13, Bennington Museum will host our Fall Community Day celebrating the start of the school season and honoring a special community leader. Admission will be FREE all day thanks to support from Stewart’s Shops and…
BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today announced the delivery of $3.95 million in new federal funding, administered by the Department of Transportation (DOT), to upgrade Amtrak’s intercity passenger rail operations in Vermont. This funding will help the Northwest Regional Planning Commission replace and enhance Amtrak’s Vermonter Corridor East Alburgh Bridge to increase service frequency, create positive…
MONTPELIER, Vt. – Attorney General Clark and a coalition of 10 attorneys general filed a lawsuit today to block the Trump Administration’s effort to override state mortgage laws through a decision by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to invalidate state laws requiring mortgage lenders to pay…