8th Congressional District

A GoFundMe page has raised more than $2,100 for legal fees for Frank Carey, whose drag persona is used in a commercial for U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan’s re-election campaign.

Tenor Health Foundation purchased Regional Hospital of Scranton, Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre General Hospital in February. Local leadership celebrated growth under the new ownership during a ceremonial reopening at Regional Hospital Monday morning.

U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan's campaign and a committee that helps Republican congressional candidates lambaste Democratic candidate Paige Cognetti's record of fighting crime as Scranton's mayor, but statistics show violent crime down in Scranton.

Democratic congressional candidate Paige Cognetti, Scranton's mayor, proposed eight major reforms that she wants Congress to adopt if she's elected.

The freshman congressman from Luzerne County introduced the Local Control Protection Act Thursday in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Democrats hope Pennsylvania races help flip the U.S. House and state Senate, expand state House majority and re-elect Gov. Josh Shapiro.

Gov. Josh Shapiro stopped at the Avenue Restaurant in Wyoming Wednesday afternoon and again endorsed Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti in her bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan.

Former firefighter Bob Brooks piled up more than twice as votes as his closest contenders to win the Democratic nomination for the 7th Congressional District seat. Brooks will face incumbent Republican Rep. Ryan Mackenzie.

Few hotly contested races make for low voter turnout as Democrats and Republicans choose candidates for a November midterm election that will have a lot more competitive races.

Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti and Arizona U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly criticized U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan for trading stocks while a congressman during a town hall Saturday in Nanticoke.