Editor’s note: This commentary is by Ruth Hardy, of East Middlebury, who is a state senator from Addison County and the former executive director of Emerge Vermont ... of a paid family leave ...

(WCAX) - Vermont lawmakers ... our transgender and non-binary family, friends, and neighbors against discrimination.” The measure was sponsored by Sen. Ruth Hardy, D-Middlebury.

PEQUOT LAKES — Nicole (Nicky) Hardy, Pequot Lakes, announced on Tuesday, March 25 her candidacy for Minnesota Senate District ... raising a family, and striving for opportunities.

Ruth Hardy, D-Addison, who presented the bill to colleagues on the Senate floor, began by recalling how, upon arriving in Vermont 21 years ... (That’s $45,000 for a family of four.) ...

The Vermont Senate has rejected Governor Phil Scott ... Addison District Democrat Ruth Hardy says the debate from her constituents has been reasonable and is based on concerns about Saunders ...

Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy is suffering a broken ... "Having been born blind in one eye, the senator has had a lifelong struggle with reduced depth perception. He has taken some remarkable dingers ...

Vermont elected a Democratic senator on Tuesday — only the second time in the state's history. Rep. Peter Welch is slated for a promotion to the U.S. Senate after running away with a Tuesday ...

Dick Mazza, one of Vermont’s most beloved and influential lawmakers, died surrounded by family on Saturday ... was known as the “Conscience of the Senate” and for his bipartisan leadership ...

Vermont Sen. Peter Welch on Wednesday became the first Democratic senator to call on President Joe Biden to step aside as the party’s presidential nominee. “The stakes could not be higher.