The Vermont senators and representative gave a joint statement expressing their concern of this "authoritarian" decision to freeze federal grants.
The Northern Border Regional Commissioner (NBRC), Governor Phil Scott, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Peter Welch and Congresswoman Becca Balint announced that several local projects will receive grants from the Fall 2024 Catalyst Program and Forest Economy Program.
Though a directive from President Donald Trump to temporarily halt federal payments has been blocked for the time being, Vermont lawmakers and leaders have begun to respond to
Vermont Business Magazine U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) recently joined Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) to introduce the Making Agricultural Products Locally Essential ( MAPLE) Act and the Supporting All Producers ( SAP) Act, two bipartisan, bicameral bills to support Vermont’s maple industry.
Attorney General Charity Clark announced Tuesday afternoon that Vermont has joined a separate multi-state suit against the Trump administration. She called the freeze a “brazen violation of the Constitution.
Established in 2008, the NBRC is a Federal-State partnership in northern Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York designed to stimulate economic growth and inspire collaboration to improve rural economic vitality across the four-state NBRC region. NBRC encourages projects that take a creative approach to accomplishing those goals.
The federal officer killed while on duty near the Canadian border has been identified as a U.S. Air Force veteran who provided security at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 attacks.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed in northern Vermont Monday afternoon, the FBI said in a statement later that evening. The shooting took place on Interstate 91 in Coventry, Vt.,
The fatal encounter occurred around 3:15 p.m. EST Monday on Interstate 91 in Coventry, about 13 miles south of the Canadian border.
FBI Albany said they are investigating "an alleged assault on a federal officer in connection with a fatal shooting involving a U.S. Border Patrol Agent."
The name of a Border Patrol agent killed in a shooting that left one suspect dead and another injured and in custody was released on Tuesday.
Transgender Americans, other members of the LGBTQ+ community, and their allies are strongly rebuking a series of orders and statements from President Donald Trump since his inauguration this month.One of the orders defines sexes on federal documents as being only male or female,