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Representative Matt Cartwright announced three police departments in N E P A will receive one point twelve million dollars total for new hires. Cartwright was is Wilkes-Barre with the Wilkes-Barre Mayor, Pittston Mayor and Pocono Township detective to talk about the grant. Pittston will hire two, Pocono Township will hire three, and Wilkes-Barre will hire four officers with this…

A Monroe County police department is getting a financial boost to bolster its force. Pocono Township is getting money from the government to hire more officers. It's part of an additional $1 million in federal funding going to regional police departments. Read more here.

Three police departments in Northeastern Pennsylvania will receive a combined $1.1 million in federal funds to hire nine officers to boost their community policing efforts. Wilkes-Barre received the largest share of $500,000 for four officers under the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services hiring program grants announced Wednesday by U.S. Rep. Matt…

Wilkes-Barre City is getting $500,000 in federal dollars to hire four more police officers, while Pittston City is getting $275,000 to hire two new cops, boosting the rosters to some of the highest levels ever. U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8, Moosic, announced the grant funding Wednesday during a news conference at Wilkes-Barre City Police Headquarters. The funding is the…

Several nearby police departments are on the receiving end of federal funds. Those funds will assist them in putting more police officers on the streets. Northeastern Pennsylvania will see $1.12 million from what is called the “COPS Hiring Program.” That’s short for community-oriented policing services. Congressman Matt Cartwright (D), 8th congressional district, announced the funding…

The PREPARE Act also serves as a major milestone in the legislative journey of the Pennsylvania lawmaker, marking the 150th bipartisan bill he introduced since Jan. 3, 2013 — the most of any Democratic Congressman during his time in office.

“The Prepare Act is recognition that we are not doing enough across the government to prepare for future extreme weather events,” Cartwright said. “Governments need to take into account planning for future extreme weather events and that’s how we save taxpayers’ money by planning ahead.”

The government readiness bill is Cartwright’s 150th bipartisan bill he has introduced since taking office in 2013.

Tuesday was a calm and quiet fall day on the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, but folks in the Wyoming Valley know that an extreme weather event can change that very quickly. It's part of the inspiration behind new legislation announced by lawmakers and flood protection officials along the levee in Forty Fort. "Reducing the risk from disasters before they occur is…

It should be hard to imagine opposition, politically or publicly, against making the federal government — and states, for that matter — better prepared for extreme weather disasters. The destruction of Hurricane Ian alone seems an obvious example, yet again, of just how severe the wreckage can be. Add the ongoing glut of floods, fires, tornadoes, heat waves, droughts and other destructive…