Legislative Session Down to Final 20 Days

• The Associated Press notes today's deadline for introducing bills, with the final tally expected to near 2,050.

• The Intelligencer of Wheeling talks to area lawmakers about the final weeks of the 60-day session.

• AP reports on the session's election-related bills, including one that pits the League of Women Voters against county election officials.

• The Charleston Daily Mail hears from city officials and other supporters of a pending measure meant to aid struggling police and fire pension funds. They charge that their yawning funding shortfalls "are not the result of mismanagement but rather a flawed system state lawmakers directed municipalities to use years ago," the paper reports.

• The Daily Mail also quizzes lawmakers and state workers on the proposal that would require chain restaurants to post calorie information with their menus.

• The News and Sentinel of Parkersburg reports on one local lawmaker heading an effort to convert that region's jail into a state prison and build two smaller jails to serve each end of that region.

• The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington reviews several of the bills up for House and Senate votes this week.