Scranton School Director Bob Lesh has denied that he is the "BL" listed in the indictment and did not address the report's findings at the public meeting....
Democratic Congressman Matt Cartwright's campaign headquarters opened recently on Scranton's Wyoming Avenue. Hot on Cartwright's heels was a tractor-trailer owned by local businessman Bob Bolus. Parked out front of the office, the truck was plastered with photos and banners critical of Cartwright and his fellow Democrats....
Councilman Bill Gaughan successfully introduced a motion at Monday's City Council meeting instructing solicitor Amil Minora to draft a new ethics code for Scranton officials. The move comes in response to the actions of Pat Hinton, the city’s licensing, inspection, and codes manager, who was awarded the lease of an unused Nay Aug Park restroom for use as a private gourmet coffee shop....
On Thursday, political expert Larry Sabato changed his Crystal Ball rating in the Eighth Congressional District from Likely Democratic to Leans Democratic. The change comes as the race heats up between incumbent Democratic Congressman Matt Cartwright and Republican businessman John Chrin. ...
Pat Hinton’s lease of a Nay Aug Park building to open a coffee shop does not violate the city’s ethics code, according to his cousin attorney Timothy Hinton. The process was transparent. So transparent that Councilman Wayne Evans was briefed multiple times on the matter and even visited the restroom that the city manager wants to turn into a side business....
Heads understandably turned at last week's meeting of the Scranton School District Board of Education: two plainclothes investigators from the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General were on hand to discreetly take notes. Why were they there? Informed observers believe it is linked to the investigation requested by the school board back in January. Directors took the move after Auditor General Eugene DePasquale released a scathing performance audit of the district's finance and operations. DePasquale said his 2017 performance audit of the Scranton School District, Lackawanna County, shows serious financial instability and an extreme level of board and administrative staff dysfunction rarely observed...
Scranton's school directors shocked observers Monday by failing to vote to finalize the lay off of sixteen teachers for the coming school year....
With the first day of the Scranton School District fast approaching, the Scranton Federation of Teachers is urging its members to stop volunteering to support activities outside of normal work hours. This is one step closer to a strike....
Pat Hinton's lease of a Nay Aug Park building to open a coffee shop violates the city's ethics code, according to City Council solicitor Amil Minora. ...
Last Tuesday's news that the Scranton School District is the recipient of $6 million in additional state grant funding caused something of a dust up between district leaders and Rosemary Boland, the head of the teacher's union....