29 January 2008

Session Shorts, Day 21: Updated

FLUNKING AND DRIVING: "High school drivers aren't welcoming the prospect that the state, not their parents, could soon revoke their driving privileges if they get bad grades," the Herald-Dispatch of Huntington reports.

DRIVING (update): As for adult drivers who have lost their licenses, the Charleston Daily Mail reports on House and Senate bills that would allow them "to petition a judge for permission to get behind the wheel."

VICTIMS' RIGHTS: The movement to keep victims in the loop about the proceedings against criminal defendants has a champion in Delegate Gerald Crosier, D-Monroe and that county's former sheriff. So reports The Register-Herald of Beckley, citing a bill he's co-sponsored on the topic.

SUGAR-FREE SCHOOLS: Both The Associated Press and The Charleston Gazette report on Monday's decision by lawmakers to return oversight of beverage machines in public schools to the state Department of Education.

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