Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BENNINGTON â The Select Board has unanimously approved a settlement agreement concerning a complaint to the Human Rights Commission from former state Rep. Kiah Morris, her husband, James Lawton, and their son. The settlement, which requires the town to pay the family $137,000 and issue a public apology, was in relation to Morrisâ complaints that Bennington Police did not adequately investigate online and other racially motivated harassment prior to her decision to leave the Legislature amid a campaign for re-election in 2018. The family has since sold their home on Morgan Street and moved to the Burlington area.