Rob Bresnahan

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

Revelations that the tractor-trailer driver accused of striking and killing a state trooper on Interstate 81 in Northeast Pennsylvania was in the country illegally have put renewed focus on the requirements to obtain Commercial Driver's Licenses.

Action Together NEPA wants voters to force Luzerne and Lackawanna counties to amend their home rule charters to ban insider stock trading and toughen reporting rules.

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

U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan said Friday he plans to fight proposed federal Medicaid rules that advocates say may jeopardize treatment for cancer, HIV and other serious illnesses.

U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan promised to fight proposed Medicaid rules that could cost seriously ill people to lose coverage. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the rules Monday.

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.