Joyce Beatty

GOP lawmaker apologizes for cursing at Democrat over masks

By FARNOUSH AMIRIFebruary 9, 2022 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Republican lawmaker apologized late Tuesday for using an expletive when Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty asked him to put his mask on while in the Capitol.

The confrontation was just the latest dust-up in the House over mask-wearing, which many Republicans have refused to do.

US lawmakers want Ma’Khia Bryant foster care journey probed

By FARNOUSH AMIRIJune 1, 2021 GMT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Three Democratic members of Congress are asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to investigate the foster care experience of Ma'Khia Bryant that preceded the 16-year-old's fatal police shooting in Ohio.

Otto Beatty Jr., fighter for Black-owned businesses, dies

By JULIE CARR SMYTHMay 14, 2021 GMT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Attorney and former state lawmaker Otto Beatty Jr., a leading figure in the fight for racial equality in Ohio, has died at 81.

His wife, U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty, announced his death on Twitter on Friday, calling him “a devoted father, grandfather, amazing husband and confidante, friend to many, and dedicated leader in the community.” No cause of death was given.

Chocolate chip diplomacy: Biden courts Congress with gusto

By LISA MASCAROApril 24, 2021 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The pictures always make it look so presidential: Joe Biden sitting in a tall-back chair, surrounded by the arrayed members of Congress invited for a meeting at the White House...