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Congresswoman Marcia Fudge salutes Call and Post Editor Connie Harper, extends condolences to her family on behalf of the 11th congressional district, which includes the city of Cleveland and is largely Black

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11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, who also chairs the Congressional Black Caucus of Blacks in Congress Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Connie Harper Warrensville Heights, OH -  11th Congressional District Congresswoman  Marcia L. Fudge  (OH-11), a Warrensville Heights Democrat and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus of Blacks in Congress, commented yesterday on the passing of Civil Rights advocate and longtime Call and Post associate publisher and editor-in-chief Constance "Connie" Harper, who died Friday at the age of 81. “Throughout her life Constance D. Harper used her gifts as a journalist, newspaper executive and civic leader to benefit the community and improve the lives of the most vulnerable among us," said Fudge. &

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown and Congresswoman Fudge applaud designation of Central State University as an 1890 land grant institution, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack visits CSU, Ohio's only historically Black publicly funded university or college, Brown and Fudge fought to secure the designation of CSU as an 1890 land grant institution in the 2014 Farm Bill , such status opens the door for more university funding for research and to help CSU compete effectively in the 21st century

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From left: 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-11), a Warrensville Heights Democrat and also chair of the Congressional Black Caucus of Blacks in Congress, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), a Cleveland Democrat,  Central State University President Dr. Cynthia Jackson-Hammond, and Connie Harper, the greater Cleveland alumni chapter president for Central State University and associate publisher and senior editor at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's most prominent Black print press. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack By  Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. (Kathy Wray Coleman is a 20-year investigative and political journalist and legal reporter who trained for 17 years under five different editors at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's most prominent Black press)   ( www.

Members of the Ohio Delegation, including Senator Sherrod Brown and Congresspersons Fudge, Turner and Beatty, and the Central State University president, applaud, celebrate CSU potentially becoming an 1890 land-grant institution that qualifies for additional federal funding as part of the farm bill passed this week by the U.S. House of Representatives, the bill, which cuts food stamps and denies an extension of unemployment benefits, now heads to the U.S. Senate for a vote, Call and Post Associate Publisher and Senior Editor Connie Harper is CSU greater Cleveland chapter alumni president

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From left, beginning at the top: Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-11), a Warrensville Heights Democrat and also chair of the Congressional Black Caucus of Blacks in Congress, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), a Cleveland Democrat, Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-3), a Columbus Democrat, Congressman Michael Turner (R-10), a Dayton Republican and former Dayton mayor,  Central State University President Dr. Cynthia Jackson-Hammond (in pink), and Connie Harper, the greater Cleveland alumni president for Central State University and associate publisher and senior editor at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's Black press. By  Kathy Wray Coleman,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. (Kathy Wray Coleman is a 20-year investigative journalist and legal reporter who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's Black press)   ( www.clevela

Call and Post Associate Publisher and Editor Connie Harper receives business trailblazer award from Christian Business League

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Connie Harper By Call and Post reporters CLEVELAND, Ohio –  Nationally recognized associate publisher and editor of the Cleveland based Call & Post Newspaper, Constance D. Harper, has received the   Business Trailblazer Tribute, which was recently  presented by the Christian Business League at the “Faith and Finance” breakfast  at the Greenmont Party Center in greater Cleveland.  The  Business Trailblazer Tribute  recognizes individuals who are senior in their career for their outstanding and unique business contributions.   Harper is a graduate of Central State University and began her professional career as an elementary school teacher in the Cleveland Public School District, now the Cleveland Municipal School District Later she became the women’s editor and city editor for the Call & Post. She was once selected as one of two journalists to complete a fellowship in urban studies at the University of Chicago. Additional career highlights took her to New York Ci

Rev. C. J. Matthews Gets 15 Month Prison Sentence On Tax Charges From Judge Gaughan

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The Rev C. J. Matthews, flanked by members of the United Pastors in Mission, prays for calm after the bodies of what would ultimately become 11 Black women were uncovered on Cleveland's east side at the Imperial Ave. home of since convicted serial killer Anthony Sowell. (Cleveland Plain Dealer online photo, www.cleveland.com ) The Rev. C. J. Matthews in happier times U.S. District Attorney Steve Dettlebach National political news and Cleveland area news brought to you from the By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio-The Rev. Charles "C.J." Matthews, senior pastor at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church in Cleveland, was sentenced to 15 months in prison yesterday for failing to pay $90 thousand in IRS income taxes collected by the mega church between Oct. 2005 and Jan. 2007 on the wages of church employees. And the sentence, which was handed down by Federal District Court Judge Patric