Marshall appointed chairman of gaming committee

With a casino planned in his hometown, state Rep. Jim Marshall has been named the chairman of the House committee that oversees gambling in Pennsylvania and the state’s Gaming Control Board.“I’m very pleased to receive this appointment, especially with recent news of the proposed Mount Airy Pittsburgh casino in Big Beaver Borough,” Marshall, R-14, Big Beaver, said in a statement. “I’ll be able to see firsthand the impacts of oversight on the [...]