"The goal is to get this passed, " said Assemblyman John Wisniewski, chair of that body's Transportation Committee and the parent of a teen driver.

WSJ: Driver's Ed, for Parents

Last year, a bill mandating the parent education program died in the Senate Transportation Committee, with its chairman arguing that it would overly burden parents.

WSJ: Driver's Ed, for Parents

The management and standards committee of News Corporation, the parent company of News International, confirmed it had "terminated the contract of a member of staff in relation to his previous work".

BBC: James Murdoch evidence questioned by former executives

Staff at the Sun are furious - and fearful - at the way the Management and Standards Committee (MSC) of the parent group, News Corp, has given the police apparently incriminating evidence about its own journalists and their alleged sources.

BBC: Eye of the storm

In response to the strike, she has set up a national advisory committee with over 70 members, including student, teacher and parent representatives as well as educational experts, to make recommendations on school reform.

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