By Joe Hallett and Darrel Rowland WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers is a rare bird: A colonel and a congressman. A full colonel after 28 years in the Ohio Army National Guard, the Upper Arlington Republican also graduated last year from the Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., and says the knowledge he gained during two years of study would benefit his 434 colleagues in the House and the 100 members of the Senate whose collective attention is being refocused around a volatile world. “It pays di... Read more

Last Thursday, Prince Harry swept a number of military moms off their feet at a White House Mother’s Day tea hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama. The President proclaimed the next day National Military Spouse Appreciation Day. April was the Month of the Military Child, and May is Military Appreciation Month. Recognition and appreciation are wonderful and teas, proclamations, and Prince Harry are lovely, but if politicians truly want to show appreciation for military families, they should take st... Read more

By Dan Eaton Staff Reporter- Business First U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers is tired of waiting for change. The Columbus congressman began pushing a plan more than a year ago that would alter the make-up of pennies and nickels to a new, more-affordable composition using American-made steel. His proposal, dubbed the Cents and Sensibility Act, sat last year as a two-year study by the U.S. Mint on the topic was nearing completion. The results of that study? More study needed. Stivers’ response? Move ahead ... Read more

FROM THE WILMINGTON NEWS JOURNAL U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers (R - Columbus) recently congratulated Leandra Ulmer for winning first place in Ohio's 15th Congressional District Art Competition. Ulmer is a sophomore at Clinton-Massie High School and is the daughter of David and Linda Ulmer. Her first-place work of art is titled "Abandoned House" and is a drawing of an abandoned house. Leandra took part in the art competition as part of Kristin Walker's art class. The competition was held at The Wagnall... Read more

FROM THIS WEEK COMMUNITY NEWS By NATE ELLIS A Pickerington junior high school student last month was invited to visit Washington, D.C., to perform a ballet routine at a national ceremony honoring children of Reserve and National Guard members. Molly Frey, a seventh-grader at Pickerington Lakeview Junior High, recently was one of four youths in the U.S. to be selected as a Military Kid of the Year. Frey received the award from Our Military Kids, a national nonprofit organization which supports ch... Read more

COLUMBUS BUSINESS FIRST By: Dan Eaton U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers isn’t settling for just pennies and nickels. The congressman last year proposed changing the makeup of our one-cent and five-cent coins from the current metallic combinations to ones made mostly of steel. Stivers, along with co-sponsors Tim Ryan, D-Niles, and Pat Tiberi, R-Genoa Township, now wants to expand that proposal to cover all change. Stivers, R-Columbus, previously told me the goal is to save money and to promote American res... Read more

Posted: Monday, May 6, 2013 1:57 pm | Updated: 4:57 pm, Mon May 6, 2013 Cassidy Metker, a Teays Valley High School senior, will have her art work displayed in the Washington D.C. office of Congressman Steve Stivers after winning the People's Choice Award in an art competition sponsored by the Congressional Institute. Each spring, the Institute sponsors a nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize and encourage artistic talent in the nation and in each congressional district. Sinc... Read more

FROM BUSINESSWIRE April 30, 2013 08:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) will convene policymakers, regulators, consumer advocates, and others to highlight innovative approaches to building financial capability across the United States. Congressmen Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX) and Steve Stivers (R-OH), the co-chairs of the Congressional Financial & Economic Literacy Caucus, serve as honorary co-sponsors for this unique event being ... Read more

By: Brendan Keefe, bkeefe@wcpo.com CINCINNATI - More than 10 million US residents pay nothing for their cellphone service. So who pays their bills? The rest of us. If you take a close look at your monthly phone bill you'll likely see a fee called USF or "Universal Service." That's the fund that collects fees mandated by the federal government to subsidize phone service for those who can't afford to pay for it themselves. Since the days of President Ronald Reagan, the Federal Communications Commi... Read more

U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers, R-Columbus, invited students from his district to participate in the 2013 Congressional Art Competition. The art show and awards ceremony for the competition are from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the main Wagnalls’ building. The public is invited to attend. The art will remain on display for public viewing during May. Read more