Democratic State Representative Marty Flynn took on Republican colleagues last week with a spirited pitch to raise the Pennsylvania minimum wage....
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....
How would the city's political landscape been altered if Chris Doherty had won the 2010 race for Pennsylvania Governor? Here's our "what if" version of the story....
It has been weeks since the FBI raided City Hall and the West Mountain residence of Mayor Bill Courtright. On the surface, there doesn't seem to be much doing. A recap of what we know: FBI agents executed search warrants and conducted a raid of City Hall and the Mayor’s West Mountain home on Wednesday, January 9th The agents removed documents and computer devices The Mayor has engaged attorney Paul Walker to represent him both legally and, apparently, to the public Walker’s fees will be paid by the Mayor and not city taxpayers Walker issued a press release denying any wrongdoing on the part...
Democratic State Representative Marty Flynn, announced last week that the Scranton School District will receive $35,000 in state grants for computer science classes and instructor training....
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...
Democratic State Representative Marty Flynn will win re-election tonight to a third term representing the 113th District in the Pennsylvania House. ...
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...