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Cuyahoga County Council to consider asking voters to restore the sheriff to an elected and not appointed position after Black Sheriff Clifford Pinkney resigns following 9 recent county jail deaths, Black leaders, led by U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge, of whom support the measure, Fudge and then Cleveland NAACP president George Forbes of whom fought against change to the current county governance structure that replaced 3 county commissioners and the county elected offices, all but the still-elected judges and county prosecutor, with a 11-member county council and county executive....The formerly elected positions of county sheriff, auditor, clerk of courts, fiscal officer and treasurer are currently appointed positions made by the county executive...Former Ohio senator Nina Turner, now a co-chair of Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign, was one of few Black leaders who supported the current county governance structure.... Kathy Wray Coleman, editor of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

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Cuyahoga County Sheriff Clifford Pinkney, the county's first Black sheriff who announced May 25 that he will resign, effective Aug 2., former Cleveland NAACP president  George Forbes, also a former Cleveland City Council president, Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, a Warrensville Heights Democrat, and former Ohio senator Nina Turner, now co-chair of U.S. Sen Bernie Sanders' 2020 campaign for  president Community activists, former jail inmates and other community members protest at the Justice Center in downtown Cleveland against conditions in the Cuyahoga County Jail and the deaths of nine inmates in roughly a year on May 23, 2019 Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbanne ws.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at th

Ohio Congresswoman Marcia Fudge blasts House Republicans for passage of the tax bill and urges the U.S. senate to reject the measure......Fudge said that, in passing the bill in the House, "Republicans voted to raise taxes on low and middle income families and to explode the deficit, all to give tax cuts to the wealthy and corporations"....Fudge said also that medicare, medicaid, and social security are next on the Republican chopping block....By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief at Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

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Ohio 11th Congressional District  Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, WASHINGTON D.C. – Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11), whose largely Black 11th congressional district includes Cleveland, was upset about the House vote today regarding the passage of the Republican tax bill, which would require approval by the Senate to become law, President Trump making it clear that he wil

Recount results announced in Cleveland City Council races that saw Basheer Jones defeat Councilman Dow and Joe Jones defeat Councilman Pruitt, the close race that saw Jasmin Santanta oust Councilman Cummins still awaiting a recount....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

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Newly elected Cleveland councilmen Basheer Jones (left0 and Joe Jones Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio - New elected Cleveland councilmen Joe Jones and Basheer Jones survived recounts by the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, election officials announced this week. Joe Jones defeated Ward 1 Councilman Terrell Pruitt and Activist Basheer Jones won over Ward 7 Councilman TJ Dow via the November runoff election for their seats among all 17 Cleveland City Council seats up for grabs, and  three-term  Black Mayor Frank Jackson retained his seat, defeating outgoing councilman Zack Reed. All of the aforementioned are Black Democrats. A former assistant county prosecutor, Dow lost by 13 votes and Pruitt, by

Cuyahoga County Democratic Party elects Congresswoman Fudge protege Shontel Brown as the first Black and first woman party chairperson, Brown beating out Newburgh Heights Mayor Trever Elkins and State Senator Sandra Williams, who is Black like Fudge and Brown, and who went up against the political machine of Fudge and Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish, and lost, but was diplomatic....Cuyahoga County includes the city of Cleveland, is 29 percent Black, and a Democratic stronghold that helped former president Barack Obama win Ohio in 2008, and again in 2012....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com, Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, and Imperialwomencoalition.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Cuyahoga County Councilwoman Shontel Brown, a Warrensville Height Democrat and the newly elected chairperson of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, and the first Black and first woman to hold the powerful post Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, a Warrensville Heights Democrat  Ohio State Senator Sandra Williams, a Cleveland Democrat ClevelandUrbanNews.Com and the   KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com , Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers with some 4.8 million readers on Google Plus alone. And the ClevelandUrbanNews.Com website stats reveal some 26 million hits since 2012. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELA

Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge introduces bipartisan food bill designed to further ease fears of restaurants, retailers and manufactures that donate food to the needy....Fudge leads Ohio's largely Black 11th congressional district, which includes the city of Cleveland, which is largely Black and has a 40 percent poverty rate...This billl clarifies and enhances the Good Samaritan Act.....www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, a Warrensville Heights Democrat ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com WASHINGTON, D.C . – U.S. Reps. Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11),  a Warrenville Heights Democrat who represents Ohio's largely Black 11th congressional district, which includes the city of Cleveland,  Dan Newhouse (WA-4), Chellie Pingree (ME-1) and James P. McGovern (MA-2) on Tuesday  introduced  The Food Donation Act of 2017.    The bill, which needs approval by congress to become law, clarifies and enhances coverage under The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation  Act (Emerson Act), which promotes food donation by protecting food donors and food recovery organizations. In essence, it extends protections to manufactures, retailers and restaurants that want to donate food to the needed but worry about liability issues. Cleveland has a pov

Some 700 people protest against President-elect Donald Trump in Cleveland....View the Cleveland Fox 8 News and Cleveland WKYC Channel 3 News coverage videos of activist Kathy Wray Coleman's speech and chants at the rally....Coleman leads the Imperial Women Coalition and calls for Trump to diversify his all White male transition team and proposed cabinet, says people of color and women are at risk .....Key rally organizer Marty Krebs says more rallies are forthcoming....By www.clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Hundreds gather at Public Square in downtown Cleveland, Ohio Nov. 18, 2016 to rally against United States President-elect Donald Trump. The protesters say they are angry over Trump's insensitive campaign rhetoric and the lack of diversity relative to his all White male transition team and his all White male proposed cabinet to date.  One speaker at the rally said Trump is taking Blacks and women back to the 1960s and that the pendulum has swung as women, Black America and other people of color are getting hostile treatment and are being ignored for key positions in the Trump administration CLICK ON THE CLEVELAND FOX 8 TELEVISION NEWS VIDEO IN THE PICTURE BELOW FOR COVERAGE OF THE CLEVELAND ANTI-TRUMP RALLY WITH SPEECHES BY CLEVELAND ACTIVIST KATHY WRAY COLEMAN AND OTHERS.  CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE SAME VIDEO ON THE WEBSITE OF CLEVELAND FOX 8 NEWS CLICK ON THE CLEVELAND WKYC CHANNEL 3 TELEVISION NEWS VIDEO IN THE PICTURE BELOW TO VIEW COVERAGE OF THE CLEVELAND ANTI-TRUMP