Editorial: Keeping the focus on getting things done. The Burlington Free Press says that for 2008 the list of priority topics for the legislature to tackle includes school funding, fixing roads and the cost of prisons. Others have yet to prove themselves as top priorities for Vermonters, such as privatizing the state lottery and decriminalizing marijuana.

MdTA says privatization of bridge drive-overs has worked.The Maryland Transportation Authority says it is seeing the benefits it expected when it privatized its Bay Bridge drive-over service, according to WBFF-TV.