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Scranton is a city in and the county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.With a population of 76,328 as of the 2020 U.S. census, [4] Scranton is the most populous city in Northeastern Pennsylvania and the Wyoming Valley metropolitan area, which has a population of 562,037 as of 2020.
The mayor of Scranton is the chief executive of the government of Scranton, Pennsylvania, as stipulated by the Charter of the City of Scranton. The current mayor of Scranton is Democrat Paige Cognetti. From 1866, mayors were elected by popular vote.
Map of the United States with Pennsylvania highlighted. There are 56 municipalities classified as cities in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. [1] Each city is further classified based on population, with Philadelphia being of the first class, Pittsburgh of the second class, Scranton of the second class A, and the remaining 53 cities being of the third class.
Sep. 6—SCRANTON — City Hall restorations and improvements and a possible expansion of government operations to a nearby building are among dozens of planned or potential projects included in ...
Jul. 14—SCRANTON — The city aims to develop a "climate action plan" as a tool to apply for federal and state funding to address various problems, chief among them stormwater management. The ...
Mar. 3—Fourteen months into a first term marked by an unprecedented public health crisis, Mayor Paige Gebhardt Cognetti will speak about Scranton's challenges and opportunities this afternoon ...
Paige Gebhardt Cognetti is an American politician serving as the 36th mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania. She is the first woman to be mayor of the city and won her seat in a special election. [3] [4] A member of the Democratic Party, she ran her first Scranton mayoral campaign as an Independent.
May 3—A pair of incumbents and three newcomers hope to secure a place on city council when the city sheds the financially distressed designation it has carried since 1992. Of the five council ...