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Cleveland mayoral and city council races of 2017: Councilman Reed, Eric Brewer, state Rep Patmon file petitions to run for Cleveland mayor by deadline, among others seeking to oust Mayor Jackson, and all council members face challengers with surprise candidates of former councilman Joe Jones running in Ward 1 and former councilman Eugene Miller in Ward 10.....The non-partisan primary is September 12 and the general election is November 7.....Three of the potential eight mayoral candidates against Jackson are White in a highly segregated city, and history reveals that one could win the non-partisan primary....All current members of Cleveland City Council, with nine White members, and eight Black, are Democrats....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 4.5 million views on Google Plus alone.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 LEA DER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio- The deadline for filing petitions to run this year for Cleveland mayor and for seats on city council was June 29, with incumbent mayor Frank Jackson facing a potential eight challengers, including councilmen Jeff Johnson and Zack Reed, former councilman Bill Patmon, who is now a state representative, former East Cleveland mayor Eric Brewer, and three
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Trump wins a partial victory by the U.S. Supreme Court on his travel ban: Cleveland activist Debbie Kline says immigrants are now afraid to speak out....Kline once called the travel ban "racist".....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com

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The United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., the nation's capital ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 4.5 million views on Google Plus alone.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 LEA DER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-WASHINGTON, D.C- A limited version of President Donald Trump's travel ban is legal and ripe to take immediate effect, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Monday. The court ruled also that it would hear the entire case in October, both measures a major victory for the Trum
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Congresswoman Fudge denounces vandalism at abortion clinic in Shaker Heights as the Heartbeat Bill is reintroduced in the Ohio state legislature, a bill that makes abortion illegal in Ohio as soon as a fetal heartbeat is detected......Ohio remains a pivotal state for presidential elections and Fudge said that abortion is legal, and she is appalled by the attack on Preterm Ohio abortion clinic in Cleveland.....editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, a Warrensville Heights Democrat whose largely Black congressional district includes parts of Cleveland and several of its eastern suburbs Preterm Cleveland Ohio, which is loacted on Shaker Boulevard in Shaker Heights, Ohio, a Cleveland suburb, is the only abortion clinic in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, and is under attack by vandals, some 10 windows broken in a three-month period,  and as late as June 21. The attack on abortion rights in greater Cleveland comes as the Ohio state legislature will, for the fourth time, revisit the controversial Heartbeat Bill that makes abortion illegal in Ohio as soon as a fetal heartbeat is detected . ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 4.5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-ch
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East Cleveland mayor's race draws five official candidates for the September 12, 2017 primary election, and two people did not make the ballot, the general election of which is November 7.....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Pictured are official candidates for the 2017 Sept. 12 East Cleveland mayoral primary of Mayor Brandon King, Una H.R. Keenon, Mansell Baker and Devin Branch (Not pictured-Dana Hawkins Jr.). The deadline for filing petitions for the Sept, 12 primary ballot has passed and the general election is Nov. 7, all candidates but Branch of whom are Democrats, and Branch running as a Green Party candidate, which will pit him against the winner of the primary election for the November general election. No Republican took out petitions to run for mayor in the 99 percent Black and impoverished city, a Cleveland suburb on the verge of financial collapse that is known for its colorful politicians, tenacious leaders, and political infighting ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 4.5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.
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Ohio law on seeking possible removal of a municipal court judge in a case for bias or conflict via the filing of an affidavit of prejudice takes authority to decide from chief Cuyahoga County Presiding Judge John Russo, other chief common pleas judges in Ohio, and hands it to the chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, who also determines affidavits of prejudice filed against common pleas, probate, juvenile, domestic relations, and state appellate court judges....Most affidavits of prejudice are denied regardless of the merits and some judges complained of will retaliate, data show....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers

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Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Presiding and Administrative Judge John Russo ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Editor-in-Chief  Kathy Wray Coleman, a-23-year  journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years, and who 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 Kathy Wray Coleman is the most read reporter in Ohio on Google Plus with some 3.6 million Google Plus views CLEVELAND  URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio-  Affidavits of prejudice filed against Ohio municipal court judges in civil, criminal, traffic and other cases to seek their potential removal in the particular cases for alleged prejudice or a conflict of int
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Anti-police brutality rally: Activists to rally outside of Cleveland City Hall on July 2, 2017 at noon to demand that the city appeal an arbitration decision to hand 5 of the 6 fired non-Black Cleveland cops that gunned down unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell with 137 bullets to the court of common pleas...13 non-Black Cleveland cops shot 137 bullets, only six of them fired, and only Michael Brelo, who shot 49 of the 137 bullets, should remain fired, arbitrator William Heekin ruled on June 13, 2017 in handing the 5 other killer cops their jobs back....Call (216) 659-0473 for more info on the rally....Activist groups to rally include Black on Black Crime Inc., the Imperial Women Coalition, the Committee for Social Justice, the Carl Stokes Brigade, Refuse Facism.org., the National Black Panther Party, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor, the Cleveland People's Forum, and the Black Man's Army.....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  and the    KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com , Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers with some 4.5 million readers on Google Plus alone. And the  ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  website  stats reveal some 26 million hits since 2012. Tel: (216)  659-0473. 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 LEA DER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio- Community members and community activists will rally Sunday, July 2, 2017 outside of Cleveland City Hall in downtown Cleveland regarding unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell, who were gunned down in 2012 by 13 non-Black Cleveland cops slinging 137 bullets
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