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Remembering Kelley Williams-Bolar, Congresswoman Fudge introduces bill on achievement gap and in response to Ohio's unconstitutional public school funding formula that hurts Black, poor children, school funding issue in Ohio not soundly raised by mainstream media or the Black community in race for governor between Kasich and FitzGerald, Rev Al Sharpton comments, Sharpton had recommended that Governor Kasich push for the state legislature to comply with Ohio Supreme Court's order to revise unconstitutional school funding formula

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Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH), who also chairs the Congressional Black Caucus of Blacks in Congress 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  K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a  Rhode Island Democrat Civil Rights activist and MSNBC Commentator The Reverend Al Sharpton, also president of the National Action Network Incumbent  Ohio Governor John Kasich (R-OH) Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald, the Democratic nominee for Ohio governor Kelley Williams -Bolar, a single Black and poor parent who resided in a housing project in Akron, Ohio, a city some 30 miles south of Cle

Bill that averted fiscal cliff awaits President Obama's signature, Vice President Biden helped to broker deal with congressional leaders, wrangling still continues over spending cuts, tax hikes, debt ceiling

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United States President Barack Obama (right) and Vice President Joe Biden By Kathy Wray Coleman, Publisher, Editor-n-Chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) WASHINGTON, D.C.   -- The bill that averted the fiscal cliff has reached the desk of  President Barack Obama for his signature, though the battle between congressional Republicans and Democrats over tax hikes and spending cuts continues. "Leaders from both parties came together to reach an  agreement that passed with bipartisan support   that  protects 98 percent of Americans and 97 percent of small  business owners from a middle class tax hike," said Obama in a  press release to Cleveland Urban News.Com. "While  neither  Democrats nor Republicans got everything they wanted, this  agreement is the right  thing to do for our country ." The president said also that the" agreement will also g

Ohio lawmakers remove amendment to budget bill that required that Ohioans on food stamps be drug tested, Cleveland NAACP officials, Black Cleveland lawmakers like State Sen. Shirley Smith suggest that the bill is racist, sexist, elitist and unconstitutional, State Sen. Nina Turner had threatened a bill for Ohio lawmakers to be drug tested in response to requiring it only for poor people on food stamps and other welfare

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   Ohio State Sen.  Nina Turner, left (D-Cleveland) Ohio State Sen. Shirley Smith, right (D-Cleveland) By Kath y Wray Coleman, Editor, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) COLUMBUS, Ohio- The Ohio State Legislature last week removed an amendment added a day earlier to the budget bill that required that Ohioans on food stamps and other welfare be drug tested for potential illegal drugs in order to get or to continue getting federally allocated public assistance, a proposed state law pushed mainly by Republicans that some Ohio lawmakers and community activists say is racist, sexist, elitist, and an unconstitutional stretch that goes too far. "It's unconstitutional and targets Blacks, women, poor people and other minorities," said Dr. Eugene Jordan, an East Cleveland dentist, community activist and second vice president of the Cleveland NAACP. &quo

State Rep Patmon Tells Imperial Women Of Random Draw Fair Judicial Assignment Bill, He Will Confer With Chief Justice O'Connor, Justice McGee Brown

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Ohio State Rep Bill Patmon (D-Cleveland) Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor Ohio Supreme Court Justice Yvette McGee Brown By Kathy Wray Coleman, Publisher, Editor-n-Chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper ( www.clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, Publisher, Editor-n-Chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper ( www.clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, Publisher, Editor-n-Chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )  COLUMBUS,Ohio-A freshman Ohio State Rep. that was formerly a Cleveland councilman who subsequent to that lost a non-partisan runoff bid against second-term Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson before being elected last year to the House of Representatives is drafting a b