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Retiring WEWS News 5 TV Investigator Joe Pagonakis is praised by activists, Women's March Cleveland for his coverage on women's issues and Black issues, with activists saying he is legendary and irreplaceable....By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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WEWS Cleveland News 5 Investigator Joe Pagonakis, who announced this week that he will retire, effective April 29, after decades on the air, gaining praise from activists and women's rights advocates like Women's March Cleveland Staff article by:   Clevelandurbannews.com / Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com CLEVELAND, Ohio  – Cleveland activists and Women's March Cleveland, the largest grassroots activist women's rights group in Northeast Ohio, are praising Cleveland WEWS News 5 Investigator Joe Pagonakis after he and the news station announced earlier this week that he will retire, effective Mon., April 29, after nearly five decades in television news. Pagonakis will sign off from WEWS News 5 for the final time Monday, ending a storied 48-year career in television, with 40 years on the air reporting in local communities and more than 30 years at News 5, the news station reported this week. “My sincere thanks and gratitude to Northeast Ohio viewers for turning to News

Congressman Shontel Brown, President Biden, announce $312 million for Ohio for solar energy programs for low income communities....By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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President Joe Biden and U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown (OH-11) Staff article by:   Clevelandurbannews.com  / Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Washington, D.C. – Ohio Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) and the  Biden-Harris Administration have announced  that Ohio will receive over $312 million in federal funding to create or expand solar energy programs in low-income and disadvantaged communities through the  Solar for All  grant program.  The State of Ohio and Growth Opportunity Partners, a Cleveland-based non-profit, each received Solar for All grants of $156 million, Brown said in a statement on Tuesday. The  program is funded by the Inflation Reduction Act.   "The Solar for All grants are game changers for Ohio, these are climate change, and economic, and environmental justice wins,"  said Congresswoman Brown, a Warrensville Hts Democrat whose 11th congressional district includes Cleveland, a largely Black city where most residents live below the poverty line . "This i

Cuyahoga County public defender's office in Cleveland says juries are tainted by the jury commission against Blacks....Activists seek an FBI investigation and a consent decree for court reforms between the county and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and want the county chief public defender fired....By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Staff investigative article by  Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's Black digital news leader CLEVELAND, Ohio- Cuyahoga County juries that decide guilt or innocence in felony cases presided over by common pleas judges at the Justice Center in downtown Cleveland are often tainted against Blacks, according to the county public defender's office that is now led by Chief Public Defender Cullen Sweeney, a wannabe common pleas judge who lost an election for judge in 2012.  Sweeney replaced former chief county public defender Mark Stanton, who was hired  by the county despite representing  police unions in excessive force prosecutions of cops who arbitrarily shoot and kill Black people with impunity. Stanton retired after only a few years in the job with sources saying he tired of the red tape and  rampant court and prosecutorial malfeasance. Assistant county public defender Scott Rodger Hurley, also a wannabe judge who lost a bid for a municipal c

Greater Cleveland RTA notice of public hearing on (FY) 2025 Capital Improvement Plan on Tues., May 7, 2024, 9 am, 1st Floor, Main Office Building, 1240 West Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio.

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THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE BY GREATER CLEVELAND RTA CLEVELAND, Ohio- Notice is hereby given that a public hearing on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Capital Improvement Plan (2025 CIP) Budget of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority will be held immediately following the 2025 – 2029 Capital Improvement Plan presentation to the Operational Planning and Infrastructure Committee, at  9:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 . The public hearing will be held in the Board Room of the Authority, 1st Floor, Main Office Building, 1240 West Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio. The Board Committee meetings and public hearing will be live streamed on RTA’s website at ( www.riderta.com/board ) by selecting the meeting day. Public comments for the Public Hearing can be made in person or submitted by email at ( Public-Comment@gcrta.org ) or by phone (440-276-4600) or through a web form ( www.riderta.com/events ) (select meeting event, scroll to the bottom to fill out the form, com

City of Cleveland to distribute free produce vouchers for the needy this weekend at the Westside Market....By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Friday, April 19, 2024 — Cleveland —  Food Access Raises Everyone (FARE) is bringing Produce Perks back to the West Side Market this weekend, Sat., April 20 and Sun., April 21, in partnership with the City of Cleveland and Produce Perks Midwest.  The program is designed to increase access to fresh food for Cleveland residents and support vendors at the West Side Market. Due to the success of the Produce Perks Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Coupon program at the West Side Market, which launched in April 2022, the state of Ohio has doubled the funding available for the program for the next two years, city officials said in a statement . The funding will help provide give Cleveland families will provide over 1,000 families with access to healthy, affordable food at West Side Market.  For the past two years, West Side Market had the highest redemption rate in the state for Produce Perks coupons. Produce Perks provide TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) $140 in free fruit and vegetabl

Ohio Congresswomen Brown, Sykes, House members call for Congress to extend the affordable internet program (ACP)- 46 percent of households in Brown's 11th congressional district. which includes Cleveland, are enrolled in the APC program

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Ohio Congresswoman Shontel Brown (left) (D-OH) and Congresswoman Emilia Sykes (D-OH) Staff article Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) on Wednesday co-led a press conference in Washington, D.C. with colleagues from the New Democrat Coalition and called on House Republican leadership to take immediate action to extend the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) and preserve affordable internet access for 23 million American households. Brown is a cosponsor of Congresswoman Yvette Clarke's Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act that would provide seven billion in funding for the ACP. The press conference also included Reps. Annie Kuster (NH-02), Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Angie Craig (MN-02), Emilia Sykes (OH-13), and Gabe Vasquez (NM-02). Rep Brown is a Warrensville Hts Democrat whose 11th congressional district includes Cleveland, and Sykes is an Akron Democrat and the youngest of Ohio's Five-Member Democratic Congressional Delegation. It also includes U.S.

Cuyahoga County Dems host annual dinner with US Sen Sherrod Brown and ex-HUD secretary Marcia Fudge center-stage....By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor CLEVELAND, Ohio- The Cuyahoga County Democratic Party held its annual fund-raising dinner on Sun., April 14, 2024 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Cleveland, with U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown the guest speaker and former U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) secretary Marcia Fudge, who received the group's lifetime achievement award, the honorary guest for the evening . Cuyahoga County includes the largely Black, major American city of Cleveland and is roughly 29 percent Black. A Democratic stronghold, it is the se cond largest of Ohio's 88 counties, behind Franklin County, which includes the city of Columbus and is also a Democratic stronghold. Speakers at the event also included County Democratic Party Chairman David Brock, Congresswoman Shontel Brown, previously a chair of the county Democratic Party, and Cleveland City Council President Blaine Griffin. Tickets for the well-attended event ranged in price from $100 for a regular ticket to $10,0

OJ Simpson dead at 76, a reminder of America's fragile race problem and its flawed legal system.....By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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O.J. Simpson in 1990 Staff article by Kathy Wray Coleman, editor CLEVELAND, Ohio – Former NFL star OJ Simpson has died at 76-years-old after a battle with cancer, his family announced Thursday, an announcement that triggered fodder with media outlets across the country and reminds America's Black community of the country's long legacy of systemic racism and its troubles with its fragile and racist legal system.  National cable media hosts had a field day with commentary over whether Simpson murdered ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman, even though he was exonerated in 1995 of criminal charges in the case with lawyer Johnny Cochran leading his "dream team" legal team. He was  later sent to prison for nine years for convictions for arranging a robbery to retrieve his stolen memorabilia, the latter criminal case of which came under question as possible retaliation for a not guilty verdict in the case of his ex-wife's death. Despite being exoner