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  Justin Bibb By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor in chief   Clevelandurbannews.com and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com -CLEVELAND, Ohio- Justin Bibb, one of several people vying to win Cleveland's mayoral election this year, announced on Wednesday his support for implementing a public comment period at city council meetings.   Currently citizens can only speak at council meetings per the request of city council members and must instead voice their concerns on issues of public concern during council committee meetings, which are held infrequently on weekday mornings when most people are at work. Community activists and community members have called for a speaking forum for citizens at regular council meetings like they do in most neighboring suburbs.     "It's time for politicians to listen to the voices of residents and allow for public comment at city council meetings," said Bibb, 34 and  a former banker who heads a local non-prof...

  NAACP President Derrick Johnson and U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor in chief   Clevelandurbannews.com and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com -Washington, D.C.- On the heels of a U.S. Senate  acquittal on Saturday of former president Donald Trump of a single impeachment article of inciting a riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6 that left five dead, including a Capitol police officer, the NAACP and U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, filed suit on Tuesday in the Federal District Court of the District of Columbia claiming the former president did, in fact, incite the Capitol riot.  Several members of Congress are expected to sign onto the lawsuit in coming days, mainly Democrats.  Also named as defendants in the 31-page lawsuit are Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, the far-right White supremacist group  the Proud Boys, and the militia group the Oath Keepers. An uphill b...

Former U.S. president Donald Trump and U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, a Cleveland Democrat By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor in chief CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-Washington, D.C.-  The U.S. Senate on Saturday voted 57-43 to acquit former president Donald Trump of a single impeachment article of incitement of insurrection following an impeachment trial that centered on whether he provoked the Jan. 6 Capitol riot that left five dead, including a Capitol police officer. While impeachment occurs in the House of Representatives, the Senate has sole authority to convict or acquit following a  trial on the impeachment. Trump said in a statement after his acquittal that the proceedings were bogus at best.   “It is a sad commentary on our times that one political party in America is given a free pass to denigrate the rule of law, defame law enforcement, cheer mobs, excuse rioters, and transform justice into a tool of political vengeance, and persecute, blacklist, cancel a...

  Frank Q. Jackson, the grandson of Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, the city's third Black mayor Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog, both also top in Black digital news in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Coleman is an experienced Black political reporter who covered the 2008 presidential election for the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio and the presidential elections in 2012 and 2016 As to the one-on-one interview by Coleman with Obama  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, Oh io- Frank Q. Jackson, the 24-year-old grandson of Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, was indicted on Thursday by a Cuyahoga County grand jury on charges of felonious assault on police and failure to comply with...

  Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,  the most read Black digital newspaper in Ohio and in the Midwest.   Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.  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. Coleman trained for 17 years as a reporter with the Call and Post Newspaper and is an investigative and political reporter with a background in legal and scientific reporting. She is also a former 15-year public school biology teacher. COLUMBUS, Ohio- Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has lifted his 10 pm- 5 am late night statewide curfew, paving the way for bars and restaurants to pursue regular operating hours, a curfew he initiated in response to the coronavirus pandemic...

  Convicted serial killer  Anthony Sowell                               Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog. Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. CLEVELAND, Ohio -Greater Cleveland community activists, elected officials, and community members in general, led by the Imperial Women Coalition, Peace in the Hood, and Black on Black Crime Inc., will rally  on Thurs., Feb 11, 2021 at 4:30 pm on 12205 Imperial Avenue on Cleveland's largely Black east side in front of where convicted serial killer Anthony Sowell's home once stood and where he murdered 11 Black women and raped three others who escaped his wrath (Call the Imperial Women Coalition at (216) 659-0473 for more information. Masks  and social distancing are required). CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE FOR THE RALLY  Sow...