Pieciak, a Democrat, is widely rumored to be mulling a bid for governor, though was mum on his future plans Tuesday.

Vermont Business Magazine VTGOP Chairman Paul Dame today announced the list of 20 legislator endorsements from across six counties in the first round of endorsements. In Vermont the State Party elects its party officers in the odd numbered years in a process outlined in State Statute.

Vermont Sen. Peter Welch was among Senate Democrats engaged in tense exchanges with U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday.