A settlement has
been reached with the tour boat operator in the lawsuits brought on behalf of
nine survivors and 20 tourists killed when their boat overturned on an Adirondack lake in 2005.
A new report by a conservative think tank says the state should not spend up to $100 million to
replace the Vermont State Hospital.
Instead,
the Ethan Allen Institute calls for treating mentally ill people in smaller,
community-based facilities.