Session Shorts, Day 24

ZONING: Eastern Panhandle lawmakers report pushback from officials back home regarding a bill "aiming to change the requirements for enacting and amending zoning ordinances in West Virginia," The Journal of Martinsburg said.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS: The Charleston Gazette talks to legislators who continue to struggle over "a new law that will require pharmaceutical companies to disclose - in broad terms - what they spend on consumer advertising and on marketing to physicians."

CHILD CUSTODY: Public Broadcasting has a story and audio from a public hearing on pending bills championed by West Virginia's fathers' rights movement.

GHENT DISASTER: "One year after a propane explosion ripped through a convenience store in Ghent, killing four people, industry reform measures are moving through the Legislature," The Register-Herald reports.

OPEN FOR BUSINESS: The Beckley newspaper also reports on dueling, Republican-Democrat views on West Virginia's economy and the road ahead at a legislative breakfest session.