WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Balint Joins Bonamici and Frost to Introduce Legislation to Improve Access to Care and Services for LGBTQI+ Seniors * Today Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Becca Balint (D-VT), and Maxwell Frost (D-FL) introduced legislation to improve the long-term health and care of LGBTQI+ seniors. Decades of marginalization and institutional barriers have left LGBTQI+ seniors with fewer sources of sup  more

SOUTH ROYALTON, Vermont, June 27 -- The Vermont Law and Graduate School issued the following news release: * * * Burke Mountain Resort Partners with Vermont Law and Graduate School's Institute for Energy and the Environment for Renewable Energy Solutions SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt. (June 26, 2025) -- Burke Mountain Resort's new ownership has partnered with the Institute for Energy and the Environment (IEE) at Vermont Law and Graduate School to reduce its high energy costs and explore sustainable solu  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 24 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America posted the following news release: * * * Construction Employment Increases In 33 States And D.C. From May 2024 To May 2025; 27 States And D.C. Add Construction Jobs From April To May * Texas and New Mexico Have Highest 12-Month Gains, While California and Washington Have the Worst Yearly Losses; Michigan and Montana Top Monthly Gainers; Vermont, Virginia & California Have the Worst Declines Co  more

ITHACA, New York, June 25 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Global perspectives reframe timeline and scope of WWII * This summer marks the 80th anniversary of the "official" end of World War II, but in " The Greater Second World War: Global Perspectives," published in April by Cornell University Press, the war's timeline is extended back to 1931 and into the mid-1950s. The book, edited by Ruth Lawlor, assistant professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences, an  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * MEDIA ADVISORY: Welch to Mark July 2023 and July 2024 Flood Anniversaries with Tour, New Bill to Fix FEMA * On the tour, Welch will unveil the Disaster AID Act, new legislation to improve FEMA and cut red tape Welch to host Listening Sessions for Vermonters in Burke, Killington, and Barre MONTPELIER, VT -- U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) will travel across Vermont next week to discuss his new bi  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sanders Releases New Report Detailing Devastating Impact of Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" on Health Care in America * WASHINGTON, June 25 - As Senate Republicans attempt to ram through legislation to cut health care for 16 million Americans in order to give tax breaks to billionaires without a single hearing or substantive debate, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Hea  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sanders Statement: No War with Iran * B URLINGTON, Vt. June 22 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement about President Trump's military strikes against Iran: In the 1960s the United States government lied to the American people and took us into a terrible war in Vietnam. The result of that war was that over 58,000 young Americans died and many more came back wo  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sanders Successfully Pushes to Restore $17 Million for Vermont Schools Cancelled by the Trump Administration * WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today announced that the Department of Education reversed its decision to cancel nearly $17 million in federal K-12 COVID-19 funding for Vermont   more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sanders, Klobuchar Call on Defense Department to Fund Lifesaving Programs for Service Members and Families * WASHINGTON, June 26 - Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) led a letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth calling on the Department of Defense to fully fund lifesaving programs for U.S. service members and their families. In the most recent government funding bi  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * On Third Anniversary of Overturn of Roe v. Wade, Welch Joins Senate Democrats in Introducing Bill to Restore Abortion Access Nationwide * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On the third anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and the entire Senate Democratic ca  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Balint Announces South Burlington $700,000 Award from Environmental Protection Agency for Bartlett Bay Wastewater Facility Improvements * Rep. Becca Balint (VT-AL) is proud to announce that the City of South Burlington will receive an award of $700,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to improve the Bartlett Bay wastewater facility. Rep. Balint secured this funding, alongside four  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Becca Balint Statement on Ruling on Judicial Powers and Birthright Citizenship * Today, Rep. Becca Balint (VT-AL), member of the House Judiciary Committee, reacts to the Supreme Court decision in the case of Trump v. CASA. The court ruled 6-3 to restrict federal judges from stopping the nationwide enforcement of blatantly unconstitutional laws. Justice Sonia Sotomayor called the majority's deci  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Demand SDNY Misconduct Records Ahead of Emil Bove's Nomination Hearing * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt. ), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), all members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote a letter to Interim U.S. Attorney for the Southern Dis  more

MATTOON, Illinois, June 23 [Category: BizTelecommunications] -- Consolidated Communications, a broadband and business communications provider, posted the following news release: * * * Upper Valley gets fiber upgrade as Fidium furthers network in New Hampshire and Vermont * More than 26,000 homes and businesses in Sullivan County, Lebanon and White River Jct. will have all-fiber, symmetrical speed network access from Fidium, with plans as low as $30, by year's end CROYDON, N.H. & WHITE RIVE  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Vermont Congressional Delegation Announces $5.8 Million Investment to Modernize Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Vermont Congressional Delegation, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Representative Becca Balint (VT-AL), announced a $5.8 million grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)  more

SOUTH ROYALTON, Vermont, June 24 -- The Vermont Law and Graduate School issued the following news release: * * * Forest Protection Group Files New Lawsuit to Challenge Latest Commercial Logging Project in White Mountain National Forest CONCORD, N.H. (June 23, 2025) -- Vermont Law and Graduate School's Environmental Advocacy Clinic filed suit today alleging that the U.S. Forest Service violated federal law by failing to consider vital environmental impacts in approving a destructive commercial  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Condemns Iran's Retaliatory Attack Targeting U.S. Military Base in Qatar * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement after Iran launched retaliatory targeted attacks on a U.S. military base in Qatar: "I condemn Iran's missile launches targeting U.S. forces in Qatar and am thankful our troops are safe and unharmed. In addition to endangering U.S. forc  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Grills Bove During Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, grilled Emil Bove III, President Trump's pick to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, on multiple allegations of ethical misconduct throughout Mr. Bove's tenure as an Assistant   more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Leads Every Senate Judiciary Democrat in Requesting Investigation into Blanche's Testimony Before Senate Judiciary Committee * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, today led every Senate Judiciary Committee Democrat in calling on Inspector General Michael Horowitz to investigate the truthfulness of Deputy A  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Slams Supreme Court's Refusal to Fully Block Trump's Order Ending Birthright Citizenship; Limit Nationwide Injunctions * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, released the following statement condemning the Supreme Court's hypocritical ruling in Trump v. Casa Inc., which fails to fully block Trump Administra  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Speaks on Republicans' Bill to Block Access to Health Care and Close Hospitals Across Rural America: "There is still time to kill this bill--and I hope we do." * Welch Puts Spotlight on Vermont, West Virginia, and Tennessee in Remarks WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) last night took to the Senate floor to call on Congress to kill Republicans' disastrous budget bill, which w  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Statement on Trump's Proposal to Upend Vital USDA RD Loan Programs * BURLINGTON, VT - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, today released the following statement responding to reports that the Trump Administration is considering an executive order to transfer certain U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) R  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Welcomes Release of 14 Political Prisoners in Belarus * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today welcomed news that Belarus has freed 14 imprisoned opposition activists following a meeting between Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia, retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenka. Among those freed are top opposition leader Siarhei Tsikhanouski,  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch's Expanded Statement on U.S. Strike on Three Nuclear Sites in Iran * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) tonight released the following statement: "President Trump is an impetuous and weak Commander in Chief. He has now double crossed his supporters. He had promised them he would not lead the Unites States into yet another forever war. He has learned nothing from the catastrop  more