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The recent discovery of remains of 11 women at the Cleveland home of a registered sex offender has led some to wonder if Ohio is doing enough to protect the public from those who have committed sex crimes.Anthony Sowell, who has already done prison time for attempted rape, has been charged with five counts of murder, and could face additional ...

One of Ohio's foremost champions of tougher sexual predator laws concedes that probably no law could have stopped the tragedy unfolding in Cleveland.

Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Austria, a former state Senator from the Dayton suburb of Beavercreek, repeatedly championed state laws that he and other supporters believed would make the state safer.

COLUMBUS -- Ohio's next election already has begun, and it's going to be big. In less than a year, Ohio picks a governor.

WASHINGTON -- In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry.

The lights burn inside of the House of Representatives side of the U.S. Capitol late Saturday night as the health care bill is debated.

WASHINGTON -- The Democratic health care plans emerging out of Congress this week are facing stiff opposition from Ohio Republicans and some resistance from Ohio Democrats.

A number of freshmen Republican Representatives called upon their more senior colleagues in both parties to enhance transparency in the legislative process by putting bills online several days before reaching the floor.

The Ohio Association of Medical Equipment Services and the American Association for Homecare praised a bipartisan bill in Congress, H.R. 3790, to eliminate the misguided, flawed "competitive" bidding program for durable medical equipment and services in Medicare.

A group of Ohio members of Congress is urging the Obama administration to grant the Buckeye State a $564 million slice of the high-speed rail stimulus funding pie, but most GOP lawmakers declined to sign the letter sent to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

In the 2008 presidential election, 46 percent of Americans voted against Barack Obama.

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Singapore's air force is considering training F-16 pilots in the United States. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of two F-16 training programs.

The House today voted 345-75 to cut off all federal dollars to ACORN , the community activist organization, following sharp criticism of the organization from conservative radio and TV commentators.

Democratic congressional leaders predicted passage of health-care legislation within a few months despite Republican opposition, claiming momentum from President Barack Obama's speech Wednesday night and renewed commitment from lawmakers.

President Barack Obama's attempt to sway reluctant lawmakers to support sweeping health care legislation fell flat among southwest Ohio lawmakers, who remain largely convinced that Obama's plan represents a costly government takeover of the health care system.

U.S. House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-West Chester., on Wednesday, Sept. 2, led a Republican charge against the "cap and trade" energy legislation passed by the House in June with mostly Democratic support.

US Congressman Steve Austria stopped by the Fayette County Commission on Aging Thursday morning for a Town Hall meeting.

U.S. House Minority Leader John Boehner and other GOP House members pressed their case in Columbus yesterday against climate-change legislation, charging that it would drive more jobs out of ailing Ohio.

A 'GOP Energy Summit' held today at Ohio State attracted more protesters outside than attended the event hosted by Ohio Congressman Bob Latta inside a campus building.