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                                                                     Clevelandurbannews .com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELAND, Ohio - Activists and union advocates picketed University Hospitals at its main campus in downtown, Cleveland, Ohio Wednesday evening and demanded the reinstatement of ousted doctors Lauren Beene and Valerie Fouts Fowler.  Among the groups organizing the protest were the Cuyahoga Democratic Women's Caucus, Mobilize the Vote, and SEIU. Notably, former Ohio state senator Nina Turner showed up in support of the doctors. "What did they do? They tried to unionize," Turner said in a Facebook live post. " UH, do the right thing, bring the doctors back and let your workers unionize." Beene and Fouts Fowler, both pediatri...

Ohio Congresswoman Emilia Sykes (D-13) Clevelandurbannews .com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher AKRON, Ohio  — U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes (OH-13), an Akron Democrat and one of three Black women in Congress from Ohio, released a statement on Wednesday denouncing Vice President and Ohio native JD Vance's remarks during a rally in Canton, Ohio this week. There to promote President Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill," Vance, a Republican, said in particular that Ohio cities like Columbus, Akron and Canton are "lawless," a comment that has offended Congressional Democrats like Sykes, a native of Akron.   "I am deeply and bitterly disappointed with the vice president's remarks about Akron and Canton, two diverse and vibrant communities in Ohio's 13th congressional district," the Black congresswoman said.  "Just because the hearts and souls of our communities beat a little differently ...

The Honorable Sara J. Harper Clevelandurbannews .com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELAND, Ohio -Retired judge Sara J. Harper, the first Black woman elected to a state appellate court in Ohio, has died. She was 98. Services are entrusted to E.F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home, with visitation on Thursday, July 17 from 4-7pm at E.F. Boyd, and funeral services Friday, July 18 at Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church with a 10am wake and an 11am funeral. Harper was raised in a public housing project in  Cleveland, Ohio , one of five siblings, all of them girls. She grew-up with the Stokes brothers. The late Louis Stokes was the first Black congressperson from Ohio, and his younger brother the late Carl B. Stokes was the first Black mayor of Cleveland and of a major American city. Harper earned her undergraduate and law degrees from  Case Western Reserve University . A Republican who had friends, associates and su...

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                           Ex- East Cleveland mayor Brandon King Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Staff article by Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELAND, Ohio -Suspended East Cleveland Mayor Brandon KIng avoided prison on Wednesday when Common Pleas Judge Hollie Gallagher sentenced him to three years probation, answering the pleas by Black community activists for leniency and ignoring Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Mike O'Malley's demand for imprisonment. East Cleveland is a Black impoverished suburb of Cleveland that has a population of some 15,000 people.  Judge Gallagher also ordered King to take random  drug tests, find a full-time job and serve 100 hours of community service. King was also fined $9,658.38 and has to reimburse the Ohio Ethics Commission $18,194.99 for the cost of the investigation and prosecution. He is barred from running for office f...

Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Staff article by Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELAND, Ohio -Ex-East Cleveland councilman Ernest Smith walked out of common pleas court a free man on Tuesday, after Common Pleas Judge Hollie Gallagher sentenced him to three years probation, answering the pleas by Black community activists for leniency and ignoring Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Mike O'Malley's demand for imprisonment. He was also ordered to pay $6,971 in restitution. "Thank you to everybody who supported me," a relieved Smith, who is Black, said after sentencing.  Former East Cleveland mayor Brandon King, 57, and Smith were both convicted by a county jury of public corruption charges in office in May, King for steering more than $75,000 in city contracts to friends and family members and having an unlawful interest in a public contract, and Smith for using a city car and gas card for what he says was community and city b...

Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Staff article by Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELAND, Ohio -Black activists, led by Black on Black Crime founder and longtime Black activist Art McKoy (pictured), picketed Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Mike O'Malley at the Justice Center on Lakeside Avenue in downtown Cleveland on Monday afternoon. The activists say O'Malley is an unfair and vicious prosecutor who mistreats and maliciously prosecutes Black activists and Black elected officials while leaving Whites alone, and that he is run by judges and the White establishment to the detriment of the Black community.   " If you stand for nothing, you will fall for anything," said McKoy of O'Malley at a rally before leading a protest around the steps of the Justice Center.  McKoy highlighted his own situation.  After East Cleveland Councilman Twon Billings punched him in the nose following a dispute between the two at the Home Dep...

U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, the first Black to hold the post Staff article: Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher WASHINGTON, D.C.   - After passing the Senate on Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed President Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" (The One Big Beautiful Bill Act) on Thursday, 218-214, with all Democrats voting "no " and all but two Republicans voting "yes." Dubbed a win for the president and Republicans, the reconciliation legislation now heads to the president's desk for his expected signature to become law. House Republicans broke out with applause after the "yes" votes were read. Notably, the tax and spending cuts legislation increases the national deficit by some $4 trillion, extends the president's 2017 pro-rich tax cuts, provides for more spending on defense and border security, an...

O hio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Staff article Washington, DC  – Ohio  Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), a Warrensville Hts. Democrat who represents Ohio's 11th congressional district , and one of three Black women in Congress from Ohio,  spoke in opposition to the Republican Reconciliation Bill on the U.S. House of Representatives floor Wednesday , calling attention to the bill's cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (food stamps). The Senate-passed Reconciliation Bill ( The One, Big Beautiful Bill Act) includes a $186 billion federal funding cut to SNAP, the largest cut in the program's history. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that some five million Americans will lose SNAP benefits if the president's "big beautiful bill" becomes law, a disproportionate number of them Black and low-income single mothers. Congressional Demo...