The Legislature, Day 52

* TABLE GAMES: The various interests for and against the racetrack table games bill are gearing up for next week's big showdown. The anti-gambling West Virginia Family Foundation is pressing lawmakers over their votes on the bill, as the Register-Herald of Beckley reports. And The Journal of Martinsburg finds the horsemen contingent and Eastern Panhandle lawmakers less than happy with the bill's current distribution of potential table games proceeds.

*PRESCRIPTION DRUGS: Public Broadcasting has devoted a segment of its weekly Outlook program to the pending bill, within the context of the state's recent efforts targeting drug costs. With video. The program airs again on Sunday.

* TAXES: Prompted by an interview with House Finance Chairman Harry Keith White, D-Mingo, The Charleston Gazette is discounting the chances of the House approving the Senate-passed tax cut bills.

* TEACHER PAY: Both MetroNews and W.Va. Media are reporting that some Monongalia County teachers and school workers may stage a sick-out Tuesday over the pending pay raise legislation.

* YODER ON TV: Sen. John Yoder, R-Jefferson, is this evening's guest on the call-in version of The Legislature Today from Public Broadcasting at 6:30 p.m. Phone: 1-800-672-9672.