SCRANTON, Pa. — Homeowners in Lackawanna County are bracing for a 33% tax hike next year. The county commissioners passed the 2025 budget Wednesday morning. The startling hike wasn’t the only ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — Lackawanna County residents should prepare to pay more when next year’s tax bill arrives. The county’s Democratic majority commissioners on Wednesday approved a $167 million ...

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It’s the decision many in Lackawanna County were hoping they wouldn’t have to face: The 2025 budget includes a double-digit tax increase. The large ...

Homeowners in Lackawanna County are bracing for a 33% tax hike next year. The county commissioners passed the 2025 budget Wednesday morning. The startling hike wasn’t the only thing that brought ...

Amid that backdrop, Lackawanna County’s first property tax reassessment since 1968 had owners of all 103,000 parcels in the county last month receive their tentative new property valuations.

While the nearly 33% proposed tax hike will hit every property owner in Lackawanna County for many low-income taxpayers, it could be especially difficult.

News Lackawanna County proposes tax deferral to deal with changes after reassessment Lackawanna County Director of Assessment Patrick Tobin speaks during a county commissioners meeting Feb. 15, 2023.

Home and business owners can wait longer this year to pay their property taxes and still receive a 2% discount. The Lackawanna County commissioners voted unanimously to set April 15 as the discount… ...

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Lackawanna County released a preliminary budget for 2025 on Tuesday, and it includes a hefty tax increase.

See the latest charts and maps of virus hospitalizations, cases, deaths, tests and vaccinations in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.

Particularly with Pennsylvania’s importance on the electoral map, Lackawanna County and places demographically similar to it – largely white, middle-class and working-class – are likely to ...

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It’s the decision many in Lackawanna County were hoping they wouldn’t have to face: The 2025 budget includes a double-digit tax increase. The large ...