Judge retirement age lawsuit heardHARRISBURG — A proposed constitutional amendment to give state judges five more years before they have to retire is going back before an appeals court, less than two months after more than 2 million Pennsylvanians cast votes on the measure that weren’t counted.Commonwealth Court will hear arguments today in the lawsuit by three Democratic state senators challenging the resolution that delayed the vote.A judge ruled shortly before the April 26 primary election that any votes on the proposal would not count.The proposal would let the state’s approximately 1,000 justices, judges and district judges remain on the bench until age 75.

Lawyer denies teacher intimidationPITTSBURGH — A defense attorney is denying that a suspended teacher tried to intimidate a female student who accused another teacher of having sex with her.Drew Zoldak, 41, is accused of pointing out the Plum High School girl in class last year and telling students she was the reason he was questioned by the Allegheny County district attorney’s office.A prosecutor on Wednesday called that “witness intimidation.” But defense attorney Al Lindsay said it never happened, and the accusation went against his client’s character and previous behavior toward the girl.The other teacher is serving 2 to 5 years in prison.