Legislature 2009: Day 9

• The Senate appears likely to assign a study committee to legislation that seeks to repeal West Virginia's partial ban on nuclear power plants, the Charleston Daily Mail reports. Public Broadcasting also has an item, with audio.

• The Charleston Gazette finds state Auditor Glen Gainer suggesting legislation to allow temporary public employee furloughs to address the sort of financial crisis roiling states across the country.

• Public Broadcasting (with audio and video) and The Register-Herald of Beckley each report on a pending proposal from a House Republican "requiring low-income recipients of certain programs to be drug-tested."

• The Associated Press and The Gazette relay several budget requests from state Attorney General Darrell McGraw that are in addition to the spending recommended by Gov. Joe Manchin in his budget bill.

• MetroNews highlights this year's version of a long-sought proposal "to promote a container deposit law for West Virginia." With audio of John Ferrari, president of California recycler NexCycle.

• The Gazette and AP report on a visiting law professor's study of West Virginia's civil justice system, and the reaction of some lawmakers.