Patrick Leahy

The longest-serving member of the U.S. Senate said Monday the nation needs to invest in semiconductor manufacturing, calling those factories and their output key to the operations of the economy and security. GlobalFoundries, a major Vermont employer and manufacturer of semiconductors, then said such investments would help it expand and update its U.S. plants. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, added...

With the microchips that are the brains of modern vehicles in short supply, the impact is being felt by car dealers.

Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy was taken to a hospital Tuesday evening after not feeling well and later sent home after tests, a spokesman said, hours after the 80-year-old Democrat began presiding over the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump.

U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, will preside over former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial. Leahy is the president pro tempore of the Senate, the position that presides over the chamber when the vice president is not present. The president pro tem, as it’s also called, is also the third in line for presidential succession. “When I preside over...

Wins this week in Georgia by Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff gave their party an edge in the U.S. Senate, which means Vermont’s senior senator will gain a powerful leadership role. “I want to start a new chapter for America,” vowed Democrat Patrick Leahy of Vermont. The longest-serving member of the incoming majority party in the U.S. Senate...

Vermont will gain some big power in Washington, D.C., this month when Democrat Sen. Patrick Leahy will take over a leadership role in the U.S. Senate.

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., asked Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett for her view on if a president can pardon themself. Judge Barrett refused to offer an opinion on the matter, but did agree with Leahy’s assertion that “no one is above the law.”

The dean of the U.S. Senate Thursday called on his colleagues to serve as the “conscience of the country,” and to put the Constitution ahead of politics when it comes to the impeachment of President Donald Trump. “I take a solemn oath to uphold the law and follow my conscience,” said Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont. “Otherwise, why be in...

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., called on his colleagues to be the “conscience of the country” and to put the Constitution ahead of politics when it comes to the impeachment of President Donald Trump.

The University of Vermont is honoring U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy and his wife Marcelle with a $3.3 million fund to pay for scholarships in the school’s Honors College and the Gund Institute for Environment. The university announced Friday that the funds for the Patrick and Marcelle Leahy Scholars Initiative were raised and will continue to grow through private giving.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders announced Monday an “income inequality” plan calling for steep tax increases on companies that pay CEOs far more than their workers’ median salaries. The Vermont senator put aside his stump speech to talk about the proposal at a campaign stop in New Hampshire Monday morning — until a question from the audience steered the conversation...

A suspicious package forced the evacuation of the Burlington office of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, Thursday. Burlington Police would not discuss specifics about the package, citing an ongoing investigation, but indicated a worker in the office had concerns over a piece of mail’s visual appearance late Thursday morning. The evacuation affected the senator’s U.S. Senate office at the top of...

Prominent organic dairy producers in Vermont said Tuesday that trade uncertainty between the world’s two largest economies is having ripple effects on family farmers across the country. “I think the tariffs have negatively affected some opportunity,” said Tyler Webb of Stony Pond Farm in Fairfield, Vermont. Webb was referring to the ongoing trade dispute between the U.S. and China, which...

Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont is pushing for a thorough and meaningful investigation into the allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

In a rebuke to President Donald Trump, the Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday blocked a White House plan to cut almost $15 billion in unused government money slated for children’s health insurance and other programs. Two Republicans — Susan Collins of Maine and Richard Burr of North Carolina — joined with Democrats to defeat the measure. Fifty senators opposed the plan...

Officials in Burlington, Vermont, said 1.8 million gallons of partially-treated water was discharged into Lake Champlain.

Vermont’s iconic maple syrup industry is pushing back against a proposal from the federal government to add the phrase “added sugars” to nutrition labels.

Vermont’s iconic maple syrup industry is pushing back against a proposal from the federal government to add the phrase “added sugars” to nutrition labels.

Students in Vermont’s largest city walked out of school Wednesday, joining peers from around the country in a day of activism for gun reform.

Sen. Patrick Leahy says he regrets calling for Sen. Al Franken to resign instead of waiting for an ethics investigation.