If you’re not socking away cash in an emergency fund, you’ll find it much harder to handle any regular or surprise expenses such as credit card debt repayment or medical bills. Budgeting involves ...

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SCRANTON — Lackawanna County unveiled Wednesday a new “digital budget book” designed to make the county’s annual operating budget more accessible, transparent and coherent to residents and taxpayers.