If Scranton’s efforts to diminish blight in its neighborhoods were a video, it would be an endless loop replaying the same story. A building falls into disrepair; an absentee landlord
Democrats won control of the Pennsylvania House in special elections Tuesday, wresting partial power from Republicans for the first time in a dozen years in the competitive swing state. | Politics
Democrats won all three vacant Pittsburgh-area House seats to claim a slim edge over Republicans, finally securing a majority they first appeared to have won in November.