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Former Cleveland Ward 6 councilwoman Mamie Mitchell Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblo g.com   Staff article CLEVELAND, Ohio — Former Cleveland councilwoman Mamie Mitchell, who struggled with dementia, died on Friday. She was 77. Funeral arrangements are pending. A former east side councilwoman and former mayor Frank Jackson ally who, as councilwoman, represented ward 6 and the east side neighborhoods of Fairfax, Little Italy, University Circle, Slavic Village, and parts of Union-Miles and Woodland Hills, Mitchell served on city council for nine years before retiring in 2017. She was replaced by current councilman Blaine Griffin, now the council president and a former community relations board director under Jackson whom she recommended to succeed her.  "Ms. Mitchell was a dedicated public servant," said Griffin in a statement on Friday. "I know that all of Ward 6 is grieving. Her impact in the ward is still being felt. She championed expansions ...

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Staff article AMARILLO, Texas- Women's March national will lead an action on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 in Amarillo, Texas as to a hearing by Federal District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of Texas. The judge will ul timately rule on whether to overturn the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the medication Mifepristone, the abortion pill. Overview What’s happening? Anti-abortion extremists are attempting to ban medication abortion nationwide. Anti-abortion groups filed a lawsuit in federal court to challenge FDA approval of Mifepristone, which has been available via prescription for some 20 years and is one of two abortion pills currently on the market and approved by the FDA.   What is Mifepristone? Mifepristone is a life-saving medication. It is used in the most common abortion method in the U.S. today - medication abortion, when a patient takes pills to terminate a pregnancy. M...

  Ohio Congresswoman Emilia Sykes, an Akron Democrat (OH-13)  Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief WASHINGTON, D.C- Ohio 13th Congressional District Congresswoman Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13), an Akron, Ohio Democrat and member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment who was elected to Congress during the November midterm elections, recently introduced an amendment to H.R. 1152, a bill that would limit states' authority to review and approve federal projects that might harm a community's water quality.  It comes behind two high profile train derailments by Norfolk Southern in Ohio over the past month or so, the first on Feb 3 in East Palestine that caused a chemical explosion that drew activist Erin Brockovich, former president Donald Trump, and prominent Ohio Republican politicians like Gov. Mike DeWine and...

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com M ayor Justin M.Bibb says the city will use the full weight of the law to hold these manufacturers accountable     Wednesday, March 8 , 2023 – CLEVELAND-Ohio –   Yesterday afternoo n, the City of Cleveland f iled a lawsuit in federal court against car manufacturers Kia and Hyundai for their failure to install industry standard anti-theft technology in millions of their vehicles, which has contributed to an exponential increase of Kia and Hyundai car theft in Cleveland and other regions.    Between October and December 2022, a reported 1,203 Hyundai and Kia vehicles were stolen in Cleveland. For December alone, vehicle theft of Hyundais and Kias accounted for 65  percent  of total vehicle theft in the  city.    "It is our position the Kia and Hyundai prioritized profit over people by  not installing engine immobilizers in  these vehicles," said Mayor Justin M. Bibb....

Some of the nearly 400 participants at the International Women's Day rally and march held on March 8, 2017 at the Free Stamp next to City Hall in downtown Cleveland, Ohio Upfront at far left is activist Alfred PorterJr, president of Black on Black Crime Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio   (Photo by Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper )  Wednesday, March 8, 2023 marks Cleveland's seventh annual march, which will include a 5 pm Cleveland City Hall Steps rally and a 6 pm march   Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com  Staff article CLEVELAND, Ohio- Nearly 400 people participated in a rally and march in downtown Cleveland, Ohio at the Free Stamp next to Cleveland City Hall on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 for the first time to celebrate International Women's Day and this year marks Cleveland's seventh annual march. It will be held Wednesday, March 8, 2023 beginning with a 5 pm rally on the steps of Cleveland City Hall and will be followed by a 6 pm mar...

    President Joe Biden crosses the Edmund Pettus Bridge from Montgomery, Alabama to Selma, Alabama on Sunday, March 8, 2023 to commemorate  the 58th anniversary of the 'Bloody Sunday' voting rights march that occurred on the now historic bridge on Sunday, March 7, 1965.  Some 80, 000 people (above) cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge from Montgomery, Alabama to Selma, Alabama on Sunday, March 8, 2015 to commemorate  the 50th anniversary of the 'Bloody Sunday' voting rights march that occurred on the now historic bridge on Sunday, March 7, 1965. A day before, which was the official day of the 50th anniversary march, President Barack Obama spoke on Civil Rights before leading thousands across the symbolic Edmund Pettus Bridge.  Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   Staff article SELMA, Alabama- President Joe Biden marched with Civil Right leaders...