Social Security

Aug. 15, 2025: News Voices with Roger DuPuis and Lydia McFarlane, Social Security rally in Luzerne County and a Community Connection from Pittston.

Social Security members of the American Federation of Government Employees and local seniors and retirees rallied to demand a fully staffed Social Security Administration.

U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain of Michigan, the House's fourth highest-ranked Republican, joined Rep. Rob Bresnahan and other officials on a tour of i2M in Wright Twp. to promote the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's benefits for businesses and families.

Vice President JD Vance visited West Pittston yesterday to promote the One Big Beautiful Bill. He focused on Trump tax cuts but ignored Medicaid and SNAP in his speech.

Vice President JD Vance visited Don's Machine Shop in West Pittston to promote tax cuts and other measures in President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

First-term congressman also says Congress needs to extend President Donald Trump's first-term tax cuts and pass a 5-year farm bill. He also says he'll fight to build the Scranton-New York City passenger train and to keep the Tobyhanna Army Depot open.

Union representatives for government employees are scrambling to understand the possible fate of several federal offices in Northeast Pennsylvania that appeared on lists slated for possible sale or lease termination.

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