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February 2014 Black History Month Flag Raising Ceremony at Cleveland City Hall

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February 2014 (Cleveland Urban News.Com promotes mastermind groups and small business coaching relative to bringing the news to the community on a regular basis) Members of the Underground Railroad Society, Coalition for a Better Life, dba Peace in the Hood and other community organizations marched outside of the Rotunda of Cleveland City Hall to see the African-American flag raised over Cleveland City Hall. This was the 40th annual Black History Month Flag Raising Ceremony at Cleveland City Hall.

Incumbent state Representative Bill Patmon faces former Cleveland councilman Eugene Miller in Democratic primary, Cuyahoga County Board of Elections releases list of Dems and Republican candidates for May 6 primary election, read the list of candidates here at Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper

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Ohio  State Rep Bill Patmon (D-10), former Cleveland city councilman Eugene Miller, and Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson East side Cleveland Councilmen Michael Polensek, Kevin Conwell, and Jeff Johnson. By  Kathy Wray Coleman,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. (Kathy Wray Coleman is a 20-year investigative and political journalist and legal reporter who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's Black press)   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio- The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections on Wednesday released the list of names of politicians and political wannabe's that filed petitions for the May 6 Democratic and Republican primary elections.   The most notable primary race  for state legislator  is the race between incumbent state Rep Bill Patmon (D-10), a Black Cleveland D

U.S. Senate passes farm bill that cuts food stamps by $8.6 billion, Obama promises to sign bill into law, farm bill also gives historically Black Central State University in Ohio land- grant status to qualify for additional federal resources, U.S. Senators Brown and Portman from Ohio support farm bill, some labor groups oppose it, racial gap in college degree attainment between Blacks and Whites is in no way shrinking, Non-Hispanic Whites make up 63 percent of U.S. population, Hispanics make up 17 percent, Blacks make up 12 percent, 36 percent of food stamp recipients are White, 23 percent Black, 15 percent Hispanic, data show, CSU President Dr. Cynthia Jackson-Hammonds thanks Congress for CSU land-grant status

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By  Kathy Wray Coleman,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. (Kathy Wray Coleman is a 20-year investigative and political journalist and legal reporter who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's Black press)   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) WASHINGTON, D.C.- The U.S.  Senate on Tuesday passed a $1 trillion farm bill  that the House of Representatives approved last week that provides a financial cushion for farmers, sets agricultural policy over a decade, and cuts food stamps to poor families by $8.6 billion over the next 10 years. It also gives land- grant status to Central State University, Ohio's only publicly funded historically Black university. United States President Barack Obama Formally known as  H.R. 2642, the  Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of