Legislature 2009: Day 8

• The West Virginia Behavioral Health Care Provider Association is urging lawmakers and other state officials to reverse years of neglect and underfunding, The Associated Press reports.

• Some lawmakers want to repeal the power of the state insurance commissioner to craft workers' compensation rules without legislative review, AP reports.

• MetroNews hears from Republican legislative leaders who continue to question the impact of the gradual, modest tax cuts pursued by Gov. Joe Manchin and his fellow, majority Democrats. With audio.

• The Charleston Daily Mail reports on Manchin's proposed one-time "salary enhancement" for teachers, school service personnel and state employees "if the state has a sufficient surplus on hand at the end of the fiscal year June 30."

• Manchin outlines other items from his 2009 agenda for Public Broadcasting, which also offers audio.

• Manchin spoke to The Register-Herald of Beckley about breaking a toe during a workout.