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Republican mapmakers revealed a new congressional plan Tuesday after the first one was rejected by a divided Ohio Supreme Court.
The new map would create 10 safe Republican seats, three Democratic districts and two tossups that lean Democratic.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Three Central Ohioans have been invited to attend Tuesday night's State of the Union Address.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — President Joe Biden will deliver his first State of the Union address as the nation continues to feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and while Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine.
Congresswoman Joyce Beatty said she expects to hear a strong message from the president.
In preparation for President Joe Biden's nomination of a Black woman to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, the Congressional Black Caucus put in place a "war room," members of which have committed to defending the nominee from right-wing attacks, The Washington Post reported.
TANZANIA has pledged continued cooperation with various countries around the world including the US in all development sectors in order to increase investment and trade opportunities.
Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa made the remarks yesterday, when he addressed members of the US Congress at his office in Dar es Salaam, adding that the members were happy with the growing relations between the two countries.
This week, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman, along with U.S. Representatives Joyce Beatty and Brad Wenstrup introduced legislation to begin the process of incorporating the John P. Parker House, an important stop on the Underground Railroad, into the National Park System.
The Parker House is located in Ripley, Ohio.
Washington — The head of the Congressional Black Caucus on Wednesday endorsed U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary in Michigan's 11th District over her colleague Rep. Andy Levin.
U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty, an Ohio Democrat, chairs the 59-member Black Caucus, which includes members of the House and Senate. Beatty described Stevens in a Wednesday statement as "deeply committed to diversity and inclusion."
Rep. G.K. Butterfield joined a half dozen U.S. House colleagues who left the country on Sunday in a congressional designation to four African countries.
The seven members of Congress are scheduled to visit Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire and Tanzania, Butterfield's congressional office announced in a news release.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Central Ohio residents may get an answer to their mail complaints soon.
Rep. Joyce Beatty announced Saturday that her office has been working with postal officials and local election officials after seeing an uptick in mail complaints.
Washington Post opinions writer Jonathan Capehart speaks with Rep. Joyce Beatty, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, and Janai S. Nelson, associate director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, about the women who inspired them and the continued structural barriers Black women face.