It isn’t every day that a legislative committee rejects a chairman’s bill. But it happened Tuesday afternoon, when the Senate Education Committee tabled a bill that would tie teenagers’ driver’s licenses to “satisfactory academic progress.” Teen driver’s licenses are already tied to school attendance. Sen. John Goedde, R-Coeur d’Alene, proposed the academic requirement, Senate Bill 1087, after a Meridian driver’s education teacher suggested it during a Senate-House education “listening session” on Feb. 1. “I thought it was a good idea,” Goedde said after the vote/Kevin Richert, The EDge. More here.

Question: At least Goedde didn't try to tie teenager's driver's licenses to reading Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged." That's progress, right?