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Ohio Governor John Kasich signs legislation to block union-pushed $15 an hour minimum wage increase effort, a wage increase that Mayor Jackson, City Council President Kevin Kelley opposed with Councilman Jeff Johnson, who backed the wage increase measure, vowing to unseat Jackson next year.....Cleveland NAACP President Michael Nelson Sr. blasted Jackson and Kelley over the issue at a recent Ohio Democratic Party meeting in Cleveland....Jackson and Kelley called the issue impractical and against economic recovery efforts.....Greater Cleveland Black state legislators, namely State Senator Sandra Williams and state representatives Barnes Jr, Patmon, Howse and Boyd, voted against the new law that blocked the minimum wage increase effort....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Ohio Governor John Kasich Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley Cleveland Ward 10 Councilman Jeff Johnson Cleveland NAACP President Michael Nelson Sr. ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Editor-in-Chief  Kathy Wray Coleman, a-24-year journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years, and who interviewed now 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 LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS .  (Note: A former biology teacher and longtime Cleveland activist, Coleman is the most read reporter in Ohio on Google Plus with some 3.5 million views). CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, COLU...