Jessica Wehrman
Jessica Wehrman cover Washington, D.C. for the Dayton Daily News and The Columbus Dispatch.
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Local mom touts son’s survival to Congress
Two-year-old Patrick Bibbee of Columbus doesn’t say much, but he delivered a powerful message to members of Ohio’s congressional delegation: Children’s hospitals deserve support. Patrick, high-spirited and full of energy, spent the first six months of his life at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus. On Tuesday his mother, Amanda, a ...
Immigration changes to be felt in Ohio
Ohio is thousands of miles from America’s southern border, but as the Senate this week continues work on long-anticipated immigration legislation, many say the outcome will have a tremendous impact on the state’s economy and on the lives of those who have moved here from abroad. According to the United ...
Judge: Suspect’s notebook indicates “bone-chilling” intent
A federal judge Friday ordered Joseph Clifford Reel to be kept in jail pending indictment on charges that he crashed his Jeep into security barriers near the White House last Sunday morning before jumping a fence in an attempt to spray paint a symbol on White House grounds. U.S. Magistrate ...
Ohio senator says VA workers doing union work should be filing veterans’ claims
U.S. Sens. Rob Portman and Tom Coburn say they want to know why the Department of Veterans Affairs pays employees to perform union duties instead of official government work.Portman, R-Ohio, and Coburn, R-Okla., say they’re concerned about the backlog of claims, and say they want the VA to clarify policies ...
VIDEO: Rep. Turner says sex assualts cause by “criminals, not hormones”
and Kyla CampbellWashington BureauWASHINGTON - Rep. Mike Turner took umbrage at a fellow Republicans’ comments on sexual assault in the military Wednesday, saying they diminish the epidemic of sexual assault in the military.Turner, R-Dayton, was specifically irked at comments made by Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., earlier this week at a ...
Lawmaker says more groups were targeted
An Ohio Republican congressman says he is concerned that the IRS targeted more than just tax-exempt groups based on their political beliefs, and that one of the groups singled out for extra scrutiny by the IRS was an Ohio-based taxable nonprofit.“We are only scratching the surface of where this goes,” ...
Military leaders want to keep authority over sex assault cases
Military leaders Tuesday vowed to crack down on an epidemic of sexual assault in the military. But they said they were unwilling to take sex assault cases out of the military chain of command. As lawmakers try to determine the best way to tackle sexual assault in the military, two ...
Eye on 2016?: Ohio’s Portman going to New Hampshire
In what could be the first step toward a presidential run, Sen. Rob Portman will do an event with the New Hampshire Republican Party later this month.The Ohio Republican, who was on Mitt Romney’s list of potential vice-president possibilities during the 2012 election, is considered a possible presidential hopeful. He’ll ...
Russia’s adoption ban keeps Ohio families in limbo
Daniel and Sarah Brewer of Hamilton have a dresser full of little girl clothes, an empty bed and a son and daughter who say prayers each night for a sister they have never met. And thanks to the Russian government’s ban on U.S. adoptions, the Brewer children will have to ...
How Congress voted last week
Readers have told us they want to know how local and Ohio members of the U.S. House and Senate are voting on major issues. In most Monday editions, we will publish a list of votes.HouseLocal southwest Ohio members in bold.H.R. 3A bill to approve the construction, operation and maintenance of ...
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