Newscast: Thursday, August 23, 2012, 5:50 p.m.

The Democratic candidates for Attorney General met in their final debate of the campaign season  today on VPR’s Vermont Edition; two New York women and a Vermont country inn have settled a lawsuit that accused the inn of refusing to host the lesbian couple’s wedding reception, and our series "The Irene Effect: One Year Later" continues with a look at two leaders who took charge following the storm.