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Welch pushes to expand public sector union rights
WCAX-TV Vermont· 5 days agoVermont Sen. Peter Welch is joining other senators in trying to expand rights for public sector workers to join unions and engage in collective...
Sen. Welch aims to combat ‘patent thicketing’ to lower prescription drug prices
WCAX-TV Vermont· 5 days agoVermont Senator Peter Welch and Senate Judiciary Committee colleagues held a hearing Tuesday on the...
Sen. Welch outlines flood recovery priorities in new bill
WCAX-TV Vermont· 3 days agoVermont Senator Peter Welch Thursday outlined Vermont flood recovery priorities in a new bill headed...
Exclusive: Elizabeth Warren Unveils Bill To Boost Justice Department's Power To Hold Police...
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 4 days agoNine senators co-sponsored the bill: Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley...
Bobservations | 'A thread of democracy': Senators hope to throw lifeline to newspapers
Bennington Banner· 4 days agoVermont's senators have introduced legislation in support of "a vibrant and healthy local press,"...
Scoop: Senators want USPS to deliver newspapers on time
Axios· 5 days agoZoom in: The Deliver for Democracy Act, which is being introduced by Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), is...
Key Senate Democrat doesn't plan to probe Justice Alito over upside-down flag
NBC Universal via AOL· 6 days agoSenate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin won't investigate Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito...
Editorial: A felony conviction should not come with a life sentence on voting rights
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 7 days agoOnce you do your time for a criminal conviction, you deserve to have your voting rights restored. A...
Rutland attorney chosen for federal judge position
WPTZ Burlington· 3 days agoMary Kay Lanthier has been a practicing lawyer since 1998, and for the past 17 years, she has served as the supervising attorney to the Rutland County Public Defender's Office.
Democrats urge DOJ to rescind Trump-era opinion on execution drugs
The Hill via Yahoo News· 5 days agoA group of Democratic senators on Tuesday called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to rescind a...