HAZLETON, Pa. — Latinos seeking jobs and affordable housing have transformed Hazleton, Pennsylvania, in recent decades, but a federal lawsuit argues the way representatives are elected to their local school board is unfairly shutting them out of power. Nearly two-thirds of students in the Hazleton Area School District are Hispanic,
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Luzerne County officials said Thursday they are not at fault for a Carbon County mail ballot error impacting two Hazleton Area School Board candidates.
Approximately 60 voters in Banks Township and Beaver Meadows who requested mail-in ballots for the upcoming election will have to recast their votes. Two names were omitted on the ballot for the Hazle.
Eight candidates for six seats on Hazleton Area School Board expect that the winners of the election on Nov. 7 eventually will vote whether to build a new school. They