Democratic State Representative Marty Flynn took on Republican colleagues last week with a spirited pitch to raise the Pennsylvania minimum wage....
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....
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....
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....
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...
It must be silly season. With elections for state and federal offices just days away, local businessman and perennial candidate Bob Bolus unveiled a banner at a former church he owns purporting to offer sanctuary to undocumented immigrants. ...
A recap of the news, headlines, and political whispers for the week of August 19, 2018....
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,...