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Ohio judge tosses out new state law that prevents Cleveland and other communities from hiking the minimum wage above the state limit saying it was attached to a non-singular bill that became law and that the Ohio constitution requires single subject bills, the judge not addressing the merits of the new law and leaving it open for another state law that blocks a minimum wage hike per a single-subject bill, though the election this year for Cleveland mayor and city council has reignited the debate on the $15 minimum wage that unions and activists want.....The Nov 8 ballot initiative pushed by Raise Up Cleveland and SEIU that lets Cleveland voters decide on a possible minimum wage hike to $15 can go forward for now.....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 4.5 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 LEA DER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND,OHIO- An Ohio  judge has tossed out a new law passed last year by the Ohio State Legislature that prevents communities like Cleveland from increasing the minimum wage above the state limit saying it violates the one subject bill rule, meaning it was passed as as amendment to an unrelated bill rather than on i