“As a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, I’ll always stand with our police and support their work to keep our communities safe,” Cartwright said. Read more »

We have seen an explosion of warehousing (sorry, fulfillment centers) and other large buildings in the outskirts of many population centers, with more on the way. Mericle Commercial Real Estate Services, for example, is developing 1,740 acres near Hazleton that would provide a total of 14.6 million square feet in 36 buildings. Make no mistake, this and many other similar projects around… Read more »

Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.) introduced legislation Wednesday to help end what they call "persistent wage disparities" among federal workers in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Known as the "Locality Pay Equality Act," their bill would prohibit the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from including more than one local wage area within a pay locality. Doing so… Read more »

Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8) introduced the Locality Pay Equity Act to help put an end to the persistent wage disparities at Tobyhanna Army Depot and Letterkenny Army Depot by requiring the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to treat all employees working at the same locations equally. Read more here. Read more »

Cartwright, D-8, Moosic, said the collaboration is “the kind of thing we should be doing in Northeast Pennsylvania so we don’t fall behind the rest of the nation.” The bank building is the tallest structure in Wilkes-Barre, which makes it the “perfect anchor for a quantum space corridor” since it is “the building closest to the stars,” Cartwright said. Read more »

“We have so many people ready, willing, and able to work hard in manufacturing jobs around here, and those are the kind of jobs that this sort of thing will lead to,” Cartwright added. Read more »

Congressman Matt Cartwright, Nebula Space Enterprise, and the U.S. Department of Energy announcing today how aerospace and quantum technologies will push forward the U.S. Space Economy, strengthen national security, and allow our area to become a supply chain. U.S Representative Matt Cartwright along with leaders from the Department of Energy, and Department of Defense announcing today… Read more »

Much like a science-fiction movie, Wilkes-Barre and Luzerne County appear to be turning to outer space for its next source of job creation. Michael Bloxton, co-founder and CEO of Nebula Enterprise, on Monday said Northeast Pennsylvania represents a community ready, willing and able to make itself the center of the quantum supply chain for our nation. “All the ingredients exist in these… Read more »

United States Representative Matt Cartwright held a press conference in Wilkes-Barre on Monday to announce an upcoming quantum science initiative in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Under this new initiative, Cartwright says the government will be collaborating with businesses in Northeastern Pennsylvania to accelerate commercialization and enable new developments to benefit the Department of… Read more »

“All of the ducks that we’ve been putting in line for nine or 10 years now are paying off,” Cartwright said. “Because we’re getting very clear signals from both Amtrak and FRA that they realize we’re a premier project in this country.” Read more »