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Area Playoff Teams Advance

Tuesday, November 5 by wcednews

UNDATED - Three are High School football teams are advancing in the playoffs.The Brockway Rovers beat out St. Marys Friday night 41 to 27 in the Class AAA District 9 championship. This win advances Brockway to the District 5 and...

Senate IVF bill fails again to advance on mostly party line vote

Tuesday, September 17 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate on Tuesday failed for a second time to advance an in vitro fertilization (IVF) protection bill by a vote of 51-44.The legislation needed 60 votes to advance. Republican Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, voted in favor of...

Linda Sun, former Kathy Hochul aide, accused of scheming to advance interests of China

Tuesday, September 3 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Linda Sun, a former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, schemed to advance the interests of China while working in New York State government, federal prosecutors alleged in an indictment unsealed Tuesday.The indictment charges Sun with failure to register as...

Senate fails to advance bill aimed at expanding child tax credit

Thursday, August 1 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A bill aimed at expanding the child tax credit for millions of families and implementing business tax breaks failed to progress through the Senate during a key test vote Thursday afternoon.The legislation failed to go forward by a vote of 48-44. It...

Senate again fails to advance border security bill in election-year showdown vote

Thursday, May 23 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- For the second time in three months, an immigration and border security measure negotiated earlier this year by a bipartisan group of lawmakers failed to advance in the Senate, drawing the issue to a political stalemate.The legislation fell well short of the...

Austin says expectation is Ukraine wont use US weapons outside its territory, despite Russian advance

Tuesday, May 21 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The United States' top military leaders said Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has opened "another front" in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, home to the country's second-largest city."Putin's forces have opened another front to seize sovereign Ukrainian territory, and the Kremlin's...

Expanded so-called Dont Say Gay education restrictions advance in Alabama

Thursday, April 25 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A bill aimed at furthering restrictions on discussions of "gender identity or sexual orientation" in public schools is progressing in the Alabama legislature, passing the state House on Tuesday.Current law states that classrooms in kindergarten through the fifth grade "shall not...

House votes to advance foreign aid bills, despite GOP defections

Friday, April 19 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The House on Friday cleared a key procedural hurdle in passing foreign aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, despite dozens of Republican defections, with Democrats helping Speaker Mike Johnson avoid a stinging defeat.Soon after, a third Republican said he would join a...

Californias special primary to succeed McCarthy: Fong projected to advance

Wednesday, March 20 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The special primary election to succeed former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy unfolded on Tuesday in California's 20th Congressional District.ABC News projects that State Assemblyman Vince Fong will advance to the special general election in May.The race will fill a critical vacancy for...

As federal charges advance, state charges against Suplizio are dropped

Wednesday, November 29 by wcednews

CLEARFIELD – The state-level criminal charges against suspended DuBois City Manager Herm Suplizio have been dropped.The Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office officially withdrew those charges in Clearfield County Court on...