Challenge to slots law

The PA Supreme Court is going to hear a constitutional challenge to the state's new slot-machine law, and the expedited schedule will mean that the trial starts in a few weeks.

Pennsylvanians Against Gambling Expansion Fund Inc. and the other plaintiffs allege that the law, which the legislature passed in July, violated requirements in the state constitution that laws address a single subject and resemble the original purpose of the bill.

Oh, picky kids! We like things amalgamated in the dark of night around here...