MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont Democrats now have a new state party leader. Jim Ramsey of Manchester will serve as interim chair of the Vermont Democratic Party, succeeding David Glidden who is stepping down after two years.

By passing this new law, the state is both ratifying three decades of Hyde Park elections and legitimizing the process by which they were conducted going forward.

The threat of AI in elections is something that has long been a conversation among state election officials across the country, said Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas. For her, S.23 is a “first logical step” in AI regulation for Vermont.

If the Clean Heat Standard dies, the question becomes whether the five years of work to develop it were in vain, and if not, what will take its place.

A judge in Burlington has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the city for a charter change, allowing residents to vote in local elections regardless of citizenship.

In response to DeJoy’s departure, Sen. Peter Welch issued a statement, saying “good riddance.” He also criticized DeJoy and USPS national management for their delayed response in reopening Montpelier’s downtown post office after the floods, stating that it took an unacceptable 15 months to restore the essential service for the capital city.