Legislators Optimistic About Governor’s Budget
Scranton's elected representatives are optimistic about the $34.1 billion budget Governor Tom Wolf unveiled last week in his annual budget address in Harrisburg....
Scranton's elected representatives are optimistic about the $34.1 billion budget Governor Tom Wolf unveiled last week in his annual budget address in Harrisburg....
The State Senate returned to Harrisburg yesterday and Democratic Senator John Blake resumed work as Minority Chairman for the Senate Finance Committee....
Scranton's legislative representatives have weighed in on the Pennsylvania Department of Education's decision to place the Scranton School District in Financial Recovery Status. ...
Political types can be forgiven for sleeping through most of this week. The Blue Wave has come and gone. With several Senate seats still up for grabs, it looks as if the Democratic Party successfully harnessed backlash against President Donald Trump to take control of the House of Representatives. Incumbent Democratic Senator Bob Casey defeated Republican Congressman Lou Barletta. The scale of his victory was predicted by the polls. For those of us who were around during his first 2006 Senate race against Rick Santorum, it is remarkable to think how far the underdog from the Electric City has come. Governor Tom Wolfe was easily re-elected...
Democrat Kyle Mullins defeated Ernest Lemoncelli Tuesday for the 112th House open seat. ...
Incumbent Democratic State Senator John Blake tonight easily fended off a challenge from Republican Frank Scavo. ...
There was no want of talent Thursday as the Scranton School Board selected from a pool of twelve (TWELVE!) candidates vying to fill the seat left vacant by the passing of Carol Oleski. We're too lazy to type all of the names but the school directors had their work cut out when it came to conducting interviews. In terms of standards, we know from his comments two weeks ago that Bob Lesh was not looking for another Einstein like Harvard grad Page Gebhardt Cognetti. In the end, both Paige and BL agreed on Greg Popil for the spot. Popil previously...
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....
Scrantonians know what a pain it can be commuting I-81 to and from work on a good day. This week’s heavy rain caused a waterfall that flooded and closed the road near River Street. The shutdown may have been on the minds of those who gathered at City Hall Wednesday night to discuss PENDOT’s plan to conduct massive rehabilitation work next year in the vicinity of the Central Scranton Expressway. It looks like another winter of slow going on one of the region’s busiest stretches of highway. Some City Hall insiders are smarting over news that Pat Hinton, city licensing, inspection,...