Rob Bresnahan

Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler was in Dickson City Thursday. She toured Kriger Pipeline with Congressmen Rob Bresnahan and Dan Meuser.

Kelly Loeffler visited Kriger Pipeline in Dickson City alongside U.S. Reps. Rob Bresnahan and Dan Meuser.

The congressional campaign between Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti and congressman Rob Bresnahan is heating up.The day after she found out she would be the only Democrat on the ballot, Cognetti took shots at Bresnahan over his stock trades.

Democratic congressional candidate Paige Cognetti said U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan lies and behaves corruptly regarding stock trading. A Bresnahan spokesman disputed those allegations.

Members of Pennsylvania's congressional delegation so far appear to be split along party lines in their response to the U.S.-Israeli air strikes on Iran, with the notable exception of Sen. John Fetterman.

As police continue to investigate who fired into an unoccupied Pike County mosque early Sunday, mosque worshippers got a boost from someone who knows about being attacked. Gov. Josh Shapiro visited the mosque Wednesday.

U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan brought Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz to tour the recently sold Scranton hospitals and speak with new leadership about their plans.

About 85,000 Pennsylvanians dropped their health insurance so far this year after the expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies that covered monthly premiums. A bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives in January to extend them by three years, but has since stalled in the Senate.

Years of uncertainty about the future of Commonwealth Health-owned Wilkes-Barre General, Moses Taylor Hospital and Regional Hospital of Scranton have taken their toll on anxious employees, but a pending sale to Tenor Health Foundation has staff and community leaders cautiously optimistic about the next steps.

Tenor Health Foundation’s CEO said the company is ready to own and operate the Commonwealth Health Systems hospitals in NEPA, but that the transaction still awaits approval from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.