HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania casinos took in $58.7 million from table games last month, down just more than 1 percent from January 2013.

The state collected $8.4 million in taxes.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board released monthly figures on Tuesday.

Combined January revenue from slot machines and table games totaled about $230 million, down 7 percent from the year-ago period. State regulators say it's likely that heavy snow and bitter cold kept some gamblers away.

Table-game revenue dipped even though casinos added more than 50 games to the mix.

HARRISBURG — Former state Environmental Protection Secretary Katie McGinty got an endorsement Thursday from a high-profile Democrat and ex-employer, former Vice President Al Gore, as she campaigns in a crowded field of Pennsylvania Democrats seeking the party's gubernatorial nomination.In a statement posted on her website, Gore endorsed McGinty as someone with the intellect, leadership skills and can-do attitude to improve Pennsylvania.McGinty, 50, was an environmental adviser to Gore's 2000 presidential campaign. Before that, she spent about a decade working in Washington, D.C., both in Gore's Senate office, which she joined in 1989, and for the Clinton White House, most notably as chairwoman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality.

STATE COLLEGE — Penn State's Bryce Jordan Center will close for roof and floor repairs following commencement exercises on May 10 and won't reopen until Aug. 16, when another graduation ceremony is scheduled for students who finish their degrees over the summer.Bernie Punt, the arena's director of sales and marketing, tells the Centre Daily Times workers need to replace the 19-year-old facility's concrete floor. The facility's roof, masonry and lightning protection system also need work.Punt says bids for the work are being considered. The Office of Physical Plant's website says it will cost about $4.5 million.State College Area High School's graduation is the only event being rescheduled due to the work. That event, in June, is being moved to the university's Pegula Ice Arena.

STATE COLLEGE — More than 700 Penn State students braced themselves Friday to spend the weekend awake and dancing the night away in a 46-hour marathon that is part of the university's annual THON fundraiser.Officially called the Penn State Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, the event is billed as the largest student-run philanthropy in the world.Students dance on the floor of the school's Bryce Jordan Center to raise money for the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital.This year's marathon was scheduled from 6 p.m. Friday through 4 p.m. Sunday.