Legislature 2008: By The Numbers

The House and Senate passed 245 (updated from 243) bills this session, according to the Legislature's computer tracking system. Just over 46% of those were passed on the final night; 95.5% of the total passed during the final week.

Last year's session yielded 273 bills, with nearly 47 percent passing the final nights and nearly 85 percent passing the final week.

Those with roundups from Saturday's finale include The Associated Press, the Herald-Dispatch of Huntington and The Charleston Gazette.

AP also looks at the week's extended session for the budget, and the special session mentioned by Gov. Joe Manchin.

The Gazette, meanwhile offers tidbits from the final hours here, and from the final days here.

Others take a look at some of the session's individual successes and failures:

COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM: Public Broadcasting, the Herald-Dispatch, MetroNews.

FALSE CHILD ABUSE REPORTING: The Journal of Martinsburg.

PROBLEM GAMBLING PROGRAM: MetroNews.

PROPERTY TAXES: The Journal, The Register-Herald of Beckley.

PUBLIC-PRIVATE ROAD BUILDING: Public Broadcasting, The Register-Herald, the Herald-Mail of Hagerstown.

SAFE SCHOOLS: The Register-Herald.

TEACHER PENSIONS: The Intelligencer of Wheeling, MetroNews, The Register-Herald.

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH ENDOWMENT: the Herald-Dispatch.