With half the 60-day session behind them, legislators will see the pace pick up as bills jockey to clear the series of procedural deadline that mark the final weeks.
- To spur their proposals along, advocates of a tobacco tax hike and calorie disclosures by chain restaurants touted poll numbers to argue statewide support, The Associated Press reports. Others with coverage include The Charleston Gazette and The Register-Herald of Beckley.
- AP also reports on the House's passage of a four-year repeal of the state severance tax on timber. MetroNews also has an item on the bill, meant to help get the logging industry through the recession.
- The Gazette and The Register-Herald set the stage for Friday's possible Senate vote on a bill "that would protect people from being fired or denied housing because of their sexual orientation." The Beckley paper adds that "religious groups are exempt, but fireworks are still set to explode."
- Gov. Joe Manchin is getting some pushback from consulting engineers over his proposal to change the way they bid for and win state engineering and design contracts, The Times West Virginian of Fairmont and the the Charleston Daily Mail report.
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