The federal government is suing Hazleton, accusing the city of discriminating against Hispanic voters with its at-large system for electing city council members, authorities said. The Department ...

A separate lawsuit filed a year ago by two Hispanic parents that is currently pending before the same judge, U.S. District Judge Karoline Mehalchick, alleges the at-large system of voting for ...

Feds say Pa. city's ‘at-large' election system is biased against Hispanic voters The U.S. Justice Department claims Hazelton's method of electing council members citywide instead of by districts ...

Approximately 25% of the town's nearly 32,000 citizens are Black and 15% are Hispanic, they say, but to their knowledge every person ever elected to the Town Board has been white. The last time a ...

TOWN OF NEWBURGH - Three Black and three Hispanic residents have filed a lawsuit against the Town of Newburgh, claiming its election system violates state law. Specifically, they claim the town's ...

The Hispanic serving program has grown exponentially since federal laws created it in 1992. The education department in 2023 spent $418.8 million on grants and assistance to colleges that qualified.

Reach him at mrandall@th-record.com or on Twitter @mikerandall845. This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: Newburgh lawsuit claims election system ignores Black, Hispanic voters ...