Skill Games, Marijuana Licensing, and Fixing FOIA

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IN THE NEWS:
During the pandemic, convenience store owners and truck stop owners benefited financially from having games similar to slot machines in their businesses. Now lawmakers are considering a bill that would bring them back permanently.
Senator Danica Roem, a former journalist, knows that local governments often use exorbitant fees to restrict access to public documents. That's why she has a bill aimed at fixing the problem. Her bill would require local governments to offer eight free hours of researching FOIA requests -- billable hours that they can currently charge for.
When Democrats were in control of the House, Senate and governor's office they failed to create a system to license people to sell marijuana. Then when Republicans took control of the House of Delegates, and further derailed the effort. Now Senator Adam Ebbin of Alexandria has a bill that will create a system of people to have licenses to sell marijuana--but the Governor insists he's not interested in partaking.
TRIVIA: Which Virginian was Governor of the free state of Franklin and Tennessee?
At the Watercooler:
- The decision by a Richmond judge to release the report of last year's graduation shooting--and what the report shows.
- Some classing hazing in the General Assembly for the new cohort of legislators.
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