Democratic State Representative Marty Flynn took on Republican colleagues last week with a spirited pitch to raise the Pennsylvania minimum wage....
Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman traveled to Penn State Scranton Saturday to discuss the legalization of marijuana and other cannabis products....
The Scranton Times-Tribune has been on a hot streak since we last wrote. Borys Krawczeniuk conducted an exhaustive examination of the campaign finance reports of Democratic Mayor Bill Courtright and picked through years of Republican State Representative candidate Frank Scavo's Facebook posts to unearth racist and bigoted posts against Muslims. Lackawanna County politics as a pay to play culture - where contractors and professionals contribute campaign money in exchange for government work - comes as no surprise to seasoned observers. Where Krawczeniuk scored big is laying out the breadth and depth of a corrosive system that benefits both Democrats and Republicans. Courtright raised $114,048...
Last week, a former Lackawanna County Prison Guard got off with probation for having sex with an inmate....
Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale wants the Scranton School Board to steer clear of nepotism and conflicts of interest. ...
Area teacher Tom Borthwick was selected Monday to fill the latest vacant seat on the Scranton School Board....
Scranton School Director Gopal Patel announced this week that he is stepping down from the job he has held for two months....
In two separate moves this week, the Scranton City Council and Lackawanna County Commissioners took steps to combat blighted areas and improve quality of life. ...
The Ku Klux Klan, a rigged election, and a corruption conviction tell the unfortunate story of Scranton Mayor Edmund B. Jermyn....
83,000 Pennsylvanians took advantage of the state’s medical marijuana program signed into law last April by Democratic Governor Tom Wolf, according to a report released by Wolf’s office. Legal weed was dispensed nearly 600,000 times at approved dispensaries across the state....