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Nine Nominees for Cleveland Community Police Commission Submitted to City Council by Mayor Justin Bibb   If Approved by Council, Six Will Serve Four-Year Terms and Three Will Serve Two-Year Terms Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Staff article   CLEVELAND, Ohio —  Cleveland Mayor Justin M. Bibb announced his nominations for the  Community Police Commission  (CPC) ahead of nine vacancies that are expected next month, and via a press release on Wednesday.  Six commissioners’ two-year terms will expire and three with unexpired four-year terms previously notified the city that they would resign for various personal reasons, according to the press release.   The mayor said the nine nominations are based on recommendations made by the Selection Advisory Panel – consisting of community leaders and City officials – and were sent to city council on Nov. 1.   Bibb said that council will set a date for a hearing where  the Mayor’s Appointments Committee  will consid

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, a Cleveland Democrat   Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher, and political and investigative reporter CLEVELAND, Ohio -Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio lost reelection last Tuesday by 3.8 percentage points to millionaire businessman Bernie Moreno, a Trump-endorsed Republican who has never held public office. Brown says big business and national Republicans seeking to gain control of the U.S. Senate targeted him. Some others, both supporters and opponents alike, say his multi-million dollar campaign failed to engage key voting blocs during the election of his lifetime, like the Black community of Cleveland for example. The big question is how the popular Brown, a Cleveland Democrat and three-term incumbent, and the only current Democrat elected statewide in Ohio other than three Democratic Ohio Supreme Court justices, two of whom tragically lost reelection Tuesday, manage

Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELAND, Ohio- The results are in relative to the Nov. 5 presidential election, Ohio's U.S. Senate seat race, Ohio Supreme Court races, and judicial and other races in Cuyahoga County, a Democratic stronghold that includes the majority Black major American city of Cleveland. Vice President Kamala Harris lost her presidential bid Tuesday night to former President Donald Trump, who won both the popular vote and the electoral college to become the nation's 47th president. Also, incumbent U.S. Sen Sherrod Brown lost reelection to businessman Bernie Moreno, a Trump-endorsed millionaire. And Democratic Ohio Supreme Court candidates Justices Michael Donelly and Melody Stewart and Appellate Judge Lisa Forbes lost, as Ohio's Supreme Court, now led by Republican Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy, will remain Republican-dominated for now. In consequential Cuyahoga County el

CLEVELAND, Ohio -Hundreds gathered for a rally and march beginning at noon at Market Square Park in the Ohio City neighbourhood on Sat. Nov. 2, 2024,  a sister march to the National Women's March, with marches in cities across the country also scheduled for that day. Women's March Cleveland head organizer Kathy Wray Coleman said the rally and march were for reproductive and civil rights. Speakers included elected officials, activists, and women's rights advocates.  Cleveland Councilman Kevin Conwell's Footprints band headlined the event. Greater Cleveland activist women have been in the trenches prior to the June 24, 2022 reversal of Roe v. Wade decision by the U.S. Supreme Court and relative to the campaign in Ohio in 2023 regarding the successful ballot Issue 1 that enshrined the right to abortion access and other reproductive rights for women in the Ohio Constitution via a constitutional amendment. They say radical extremists now want a national abortion ban, "s

  CLEVELAND, Ohio -Women's March Cleveland will host its finale rally and march beginning at noon at Market Square Park in the Ohio City neighborhood on Sat. Nov. 2, 2024,  a sister march to the National Women's March, with marches in cities across the country also scheduled for that day. Women's March Cleveland head organizer Kathy Wray Coleman said the rally and march are for reproductive and civil rights. Speakers include elected officials, activists, and women's rights advocates.  Cleveland Councilman Kevin Conwell and his Footprints band will headline the event. "We need all women and our supporters on deck for this vital event because we have so much on the line this year," said Coleman, a longtime Cleveland activist for more than 25 years. "This is a march for reproductive freedom and civil rights for women in Cleveland, and greater Cleveland." Coleman said that greater Cleveland activist women have been in the trenches prior to the June 24, 2

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE BY GREATER CLEVELAND RTA- CLEVELAND, Ohio- Notice is hereby given that public hearings on the Proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Operating and Capital Budgets of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority will be held a t 9:00 A.M.  Eastern Daylight Time on  Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024,  and on  Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024.    The public hearings will be held in the Board Room of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, 1st Floor, Main Office Building, 1240 West Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio. The meeting will also be live-streamed on RTA's website at ( www.riderta.com/board ) and ( www.riderta.com/events ) via YouTube by selecting the meeting day.    A copy of the Proposed FY 2025 Budget is on file in the Office of Management and Budget of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, 4th Floor, 1240 West Sixth St., Cleveland, OH, and available for public inspection on RTA's website ( www.riderta.com ), as well as on RTA's Facebook page a

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