Local Politics

Gaughan Warns of Betrayal — After Backing Republicans and Independents

No one watching Monday’s reorganization meeting of the Lackawanna County Board of Commissioners should have been surprised by the outcome — or by who

For the first time in a while, Scranton taxpayers are getting something they almost never see: stability. All three major taxing bodies that hit

Scranton City Council’s lame-duck majority pushed through a $1.88 million purchase of the Fidelity Bank building next to City Hall last week, locking

The City of Scranton is still hosting tours to celebrate the freshly restored City Hall as another surprise surfaced: the Cognetti administration

What began last winter with a resignation and stretched through months of uncertainty finally reached a calm and welcome conclusion this week. Thom

Lackawanna County has officially wrapped up two issues that have dominated local conversation all year: the elections are certified, and the

Lackawanna and Luzerne counties have reached a two-year agreement to share the cost of police coverage at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International

For all the talk Bill Gaughan puts out about transparency, accountability, and “doing things the right way,” his behavior tells a different story.

For a man who claims to care about public safety, Bill Gaughan has a strange new crusade: he doesn’t want police officers at the airport

Three years. Zero tax hikes. And after a decade of chaos, that shouldn’t be remarkable — but in Scranton, it is. This week, the Scranton School

Lackawanna County’s reassessment drama isn’t about whether it should happen—it’s about whether it should happen right now. With a new dynamic on the

For the first time since 2019, Democrats will hold the majority on Luzerne County Council — a comeback years in the making and one that signals the