HARRISBURG — A legal challenge to the Pennsylvania law mandating photo identification for voters is tentatively scheduled for trial in July.

A state judge on Tuesday announced the trial will begin July 15 in Harrisburg. It's expected to last a week or so.

Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson's order said he'll decide by March 21 whether to modify an injunction that prevented the law from going into effect for the November 2012 election. Until then, the rules for the May 21 primary are up in the air.

Simpson's ruling that blocked the law said he was not convinced that enough voters would have been able to easily obtain the required IDs.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's payrolls shrank and its unemployment rate rose slightly in December, a month after reporting the biggest monthly drop in joblessness in nearly 30 years. Meanwhile, a separate survey found more people working or seeking work.The state Department of Labor and Industry said December's unemployment rate rose to 7.9 percent from 7.8 percent. The national unemployment rate is 7.8 percent.A survey of Pennsylvania households found that the number of people working or seeking work grew by 17,000, while the number of people working grew by 12,000.A separate survey of employers showed payrolls dropped by almost 5,000 jobs to about 5.75 million total nonfarm jobs.Pennsylvania payrolls dropped below 5.6 million after the recession began in December 2007. Payrolls remain below 2008's peak of 5.8 million jobs.

PITTSBURGH — Authorities say a worker was electrocuted at Carnegie Mellon University.The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's office confirmed that the death occurred Tuesday morning. The man was identified as 59-year-old Harold Taylor Jr., who worked for an outside contractor, Cleveland-based Eaton Electrical. Carnegie Mellon said the industrial accident happened in an electrical distribution roomThe Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Carnegie Mellon are investigating.Eaton spokesman Mark Horner said the company is cooperating with investigators.

HARRISBURG — One of the young men who testified against Jerry Sandusky last summer is suing the former assistant coach, Penn State and the charity for young people that Sandusky started.“Victim 6” sued Tuesday in federal court, claiming Sandusky's behavior was “ratified” by The Second Mile and Penn State and that the organizations acted with reckless indifference to his rights. Sandusky is serving a lengthy state prison term after being convicted of sexual abuse of Victim 6 and nine other boys.Victim 6 testified that Sandusky, calling himself “the Tickle Monster,” grabbed him inside a university shower in March 1998. His mother's complaint triggered a police investigation but no charges.