A federal lawsuit accusing Hazleton officials to have used a voting system which suppressed the city's Hispanic voters has been dismissed. The lawsuit, filed on Jan. 8, alleged that the city’s current ...

HAZLETON, Pa. — A Department of Justice lawsuit filed earlier this year against the City of Hazleton was dismissed this week.

The U.S. Justice Department is withdrawing its lawsuit that accused a heavily Hispanic city in Pennsylvania of illegally diluting the political power of its growing Hispanic population.