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                                            Cleveland City Council President Blaine Griffin Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com CLEVELAND, Ohio  - The newly elected members of Cleveland City Council met in caucus on Friday and voted to recommend the reelection of Blaine A. Griffin as council president for another four-year term beginning in January of 2026. Griffin is the elected councilman for Ward 6 on the city's largely Black east side. All council members-elect participated in the caucus meeting on Friday, and Griffin received 15 votes in favor of his reelection. The formal election for council president will occur during the council's Jan. 5, 2026 meeting, following the swearing-in ceremony for all council members-elect. Receiving the caucus's support on Friday allows Griffin to organize council leadership and staff befo...

Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELAND, Ohio- V oters in Cuyahoga County took to the polls in splendid weather to cast ballots in Tuesday's Nov. 4, 2025 general election for Cleveland City Council races, Cleveland Municipal Court judgeships, and mayoral races in Cleveland, East Cleveland and Cleveland Hts, among a few other closely watched contests.     While there were several suburban races relative to Tuesday's general election, this article focuses primarily on races that include a Black candidate, mainly races in Cleveland, a largely Black major American city. According to unofficial results from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, Democratic Cleveland Mayor Justin M. Bibb, 38 and the city's fourth Black mayor, easily sailed to a second four-year term, defeating Lavern Gore, a Republican-turned Independent, 73 per cent to her 25 per cent.  The city council and mayoral...

  Clevelandurbannews.c om and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Staff article by Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELAND, Ohio- With support from  Cleveland City Council President Blaine Grriffin and Mayor Justin Bibb ,   Cleveland City Council, the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County Council and a coalition of Cleveland's civic, corporate, and philanthropic leaders have come together to raise more than $600,000 in emergency funding to support local residents who will be affected by the loss of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP/Foodstamps) benefits as of Nov. 1.  President Donald Trump has announced that the federal government will end SNAP, effective Nov 1., causing a national uproar and angering congressional Democrats, Civil Rights groups like the NAACP and a host of others. While most SNAP recipients nationwide are White, Black recipients are disproportionately impacted. Griffin said in a press release on Friday that this r...

                                      Ohio Congresswoman Shontel Brown (D-11) and President Donald Trump   Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Washington, DC — Ohio  Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), a Warrensville Hts. Democrat who represents Ohio's 11th congressional district and one of three Black women in Congress from Ohio,   spoke on Wednesday  at a  press conference hosted by Assistant Democratic Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02) on President Donald Trump's illegal SNAP shutdown.   The Trump administration has announced that it will suspend Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP-Food stamps) benefits beginning Nov. 1.  Rep. Brown, flanked by a group of congressional Dems, blasted the decision, which will impact her constituents in the 11th congressional district. It includes the largely Black city of Cleveland. "I ...

Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Staff article CLEVELAND, Ohio -On Oct. 11, 2025, the Carl Stokes Brigade, a Cleveland grassroots activist group named for the late Carl B. Stokes, the first Black mayor of Cleveland and of a major American city,  held its endorsement proceedings and announced its slate of endorsed candidates for early voting and election day on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, as follows: Elect Magistrate TJ Dow  -  Cleveland Municipal Judge Elect In Son J. Loving     -   Cleveland Municipal Judge  Elect Nikki McGowan   -     Cleveland Municipal Judge Elect Cheryl Wiltshire   -    Cleveland  Housing Court Judge Elect Sandra Morgan   -      East Cleveland Mayor Elect - Shirley Merritt  -       Maple Heights City Council, Ward 5, District 5 Elect Mohammad Faraj   - Cleveland City Council  (New) Ward...

 By   Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Staff article CLEVELAND, Ohio - Led by head coach Kenny Atkinson, the Cleveland Cavaliers trounced the Detroit Pistons and their coach, JB Bickerstaff, 115-94, Monday night at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. Cavs guard Donovan "Spida" Mitchell was the team's lead scorer, finishing with 35 points.  NBA Monday night basketball is presented by Peacock. With four games in thus far, the Cavs have won three straight games and are now 3-1 and sixth in the Eastern Conference. They lost only their first game, against the New York Nicks, earlier this month. At the onset of the third quarter on Monday against the Pistons, all five Cavs starters —Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley, Jarrett Allen, Sam Merrill, and Jaylan Tyson —were in double digits, and by the fourth quarter, the Cavs were up 90-66, a 24-point lead. They led by as much as 35 points during the second half.  By all standards, the game...