Today, U.S. Congressman Matt Cartwright (PA-08) announced that Scranton Police Detective Kyle Gilmartin will be his guest at the 2024 State of the Union Address on March 7 in Washington, D.C. Detectiv...
It’s happening. The first “heavy construction” contract for the $16 billion Gateway rail tunnel under the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey was approved Friday by the Gateway Development Co...
U.S. Representatives Matt Cartwright (D-PA-08), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) and Brian Mast (R-FL-21) introduced the Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act in the 118th Congress. This bipartisan...
This week, U.S. Representatives Matt Cartwright (D-PA-08) and Zach Nunn (R-IA-03) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced bicameral and bipartisan legislation to collect demographi...
Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA), and U.S. Representatives Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8) and Susan Wild (D-PA-7) sent a letter to National Park Service Director Charles F. Sa...
Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) and U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8) sent a letter to President Joe Biden pushing him to grant Governor Josh Shapiro’s appea...
Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) issued the following statement after calling together a special meeting between regional leaders and National Park Service and PennDOT officials to d...
Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) sent a letter to National Park Service (NPS) and PennDOT officials, requesting their attendance at a special meeting on Jan. 17th to discuss a three-...
This week, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) introduced the Improving SCRA Benefit Utilization Act, a bipartisan bill that would improve awareness and modernize an interest rate reduction be...
Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) reintroduced the Openness in Political Expenditures Now (OPEN) Act, legislation that would protect the integrity of U.S. elections by requiring corpo...
A sewer project in Exeter is getting $8.7 million in federal funding. U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8, Moosic, and Bob Morgan, U.S. Department of Agriculture state director for rural development, made...
U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright on Wednesday announced an $8.7 million investment for major infrastructure improvements in Exeter Borough. “It’s a great day to be in Exeter,” said Cartwright, D-Moosic, in a...
An old sanitary and stormwater sewer system in Luzerne County is getting a big upgrade. The multi-million dollar U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) project announced Wednesday should help thousands...
For the last 40 years, Exeter residents dealt with sewage spilling into their basements and businesses. Borough officials got nearly nine million dollars for a new system. At a press conference on Jan...
A major project is underway in the borough of Exeter after an $8.7 million loan was approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The investment will provide separation of the storm and sanitary sew...
Millions in federal funding is coming to a Luzerne County borough to improve aging infrastructure. Officials with the Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority say this project is much needed as the current ...
Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) introduced the Preparedness and Risk management for Extreme weather Patterns Assuring Resilience and Effectiveness (PREPARE) Act, legislation that wo...
In the 1980s, members of what would become the Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority (PNRRA) started meeting with people in church basements, fire halls and garages. That was the early da...