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NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio announces endorsements for Ohio House and Senate for Ohio's March 17, 2020 primary election

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By Kellie Copeland, executive director, NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio CLEVELAND, Ohio -NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio, the state's leading advocate for reproductive freedom, today announced its endorsements for the  March 17, 2020  primary election.  Additional endorsements for the November general election will be announced later this year.  All endorsements are listed on the NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio  website Last session, the  Ohio House  and  Senate  passed legislation that would have outlawed abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy. Twenty members of the current Ohio House have co-sponsored legislation that would subject people who access abortion care to the death penalty. Pro-choice  Ohioans can count on our endorsed legislative candidates to stand up against these dangerous proposals. Our endorsed candidates are committed to policies that will improve access to quality affordable reproductive health care in our state....
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Cleveland TV 5 evening and nightly news anchor Danita Harris reassigned to morning news anchor and Black activists want to know if her evening and nightly replacement will be a Black woman too...."We look forward to watching Danita Harris on the morning news and are watching to see who will replace this Black woman as evening and nightly news anchor at Channel 5 in Cleveland," said community activist Kathy Wray Coleman, who leads Imperial Women Coalition, Women's March Cleveland and International Women's Day March Cleveland. "And we call for more Black female anchors at mainstream television stations that serve Cleveland, a largely Black major American city"

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Cleveland Channel 5 News Anchor Danita Harris Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog, which are also top in the Midwest in Black digital news.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com CLEVELANDURBANEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, OHIO — Longtime Cleveland Channel 5 news anchorwoman and reporter Danita Harris, who is Black, has been reassigned and will anchor Good Morning Cleveland, effective March 23, station officials announced Monday, which is  less responsibility from anchoring the 5, 6, and 11 p.m. newscasts where Harris worked alongside co-anchor Rob Powers and Power of 5 Chief Meteorologist Mark Johnson. A spokesperson for Channel 5 told  Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com  that Harris' replacement for the evening and nightly news has not yet been chosen.  “Our viewers have had a relationship with Danita that runs 20-plus y...
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Free tickets to see Jane Fonda at Ohio's Kent State University are all gone, the university paying a $83,000 price tag for the visit by the actress, Civil Rights and women's rights advocate, fitness guru, author, and philanthropist.....Read Fonda's biography here

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Jane Fonda Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog.  Tel: (216) 659 0473. Emai;: editor@clevelandurbannews.com ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM,KENT, Ohio- Free tickets to see Jane Fonda speak at Kent State University during the 50th commemoration of May 4, 1970, some 4,000 of them, are gone, the actress, philanthropist, author, Civil Rights and women's rights advocate,  and fitness guru snagging $83,000 for her visit and will discuss her activism and specifics of the historic day in May of 1970 when the Ohio National Guard killed four students on the campus and injured nine others in retaliation for them protesting the Vietnam War.  University and student organizers said tickets were snatched up in less than two days and that Fonda's visit is among a host of university sponsored activists t...
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Editor George Rodrique to leave the Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper that Rev Jesse Jackson describes as "lily White and re-segregated," and of which Guild leaders have accused of trading local news for a centralized unit removed from the community....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

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Outgoing Cleveland Plain Dealer Editor and General Manger George Rodrique (left) and Civil Rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.  Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog, which are also top in the Midwest in Black digital news.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 LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio-   Cleveland Plain Dealer Editor and General Manager George Rodrique is leaving Ohio's largest newspaper, effective March 1, he said in a farewell  lette...
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Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett reinstated by NFL after indefinite suspension.....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

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Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog.  Tel: (216) 659 0473. ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio- The NFL on Wednesday reinstated Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett following an indefinite suspension issued three months ago for his aggressive behavior during an on-the field brawl at a game at Cleveland Browns Stadium between the Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers, a game the Browns won against the longtime rival 21-7. The good news came following a meeting two days earlier between Garrett and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The league had upheld Garrett's indefinite suspension and a $45,623 fine, Garrett, 23, and his lawyers saying the punishment was ...
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Charter amendments to reduce Cleveland city council and slice members salaries are cancelled but will remain on the ballot with no votes tallied that come in regarding the initiative, the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections has said...Ohio's primary is March 17, 2020, and will include the Democratic primary election for president....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog

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Cleveland City Hall Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog.  Tel: (216) 659 0473. ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio -  The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections will not count any votes relative to  two charter amendments on the ballot for the March 17,  2020 primary election that would reduce Cleveland City Council and cut members salaries But the measures will remain on the ballot, election officials said Tuesday, because it is too late to remove them from the  ballot. The announcement comes after the group leading the initiative sought to withdraw the ballot measures beyond the 70-day time period required under state law, and city council, in turn, passed an ordinance on Monday that was signed by Cleveland ...
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