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Former first lady Michelle O bama and Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Eric Gordon  CLEVELAND, Ohio -Cleveland is one of two starting points for a nationwide campaign that will provide families in need with kits for making affordable, nutritious meals through what is dubbed healthy meal kits,  an initiative that has former first lady Michelle Obama at the helm. Obama will kick off her healthy foods 'Pass the Love' virtual tour in Cleveland on Wednesday.  Cleveland Metropolitan School District Chief Executive Officer Eric Gordon will join the former first lady and other guests at 1 p.m. Wednesday for a virtual Partnership for a Healthier America Summit.  (Register for the free summit here.)   Families in at least five cities will receive produce and other ingredients for 1 million meals, including nearly 400,000 in Cleveland and Atlanta combined. Some 140,000 of those meals will be handed out to people in Northeast Ohio. The summit will focus on the Pass the Love campa

   U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, associate publisher Clevelandurbannews .com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com WASHINGTON, D.C.  —U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming stood firm on Tuesday and gave a historical speech in the House chamber hours before her fellow Republicans prepare to oust her from her congressional leadership role in the midst of an all out fight with former president Donald Trump and congressional Republicans over Trump's claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him.  The ouster vote will take place on Wed, May 12, and by voice of Republicans.  The daughter of ex-vice president Dick Cheney, the younger Cheney, 54, has been a member of  Congress since 2017, winning reelection in 2020 for another two-year term over her opponent, Democrat Lynnette Grey Bull, and with 68 percent of the vote. She  represents Wyoming's at-large district and is the  House Republican Conference chair , the third-highest po

                                    Cleveland City Hall   JOSEPH T. JONES WARD 1   KEVIN L. BISHOP WARD 2   KERRY MCCORMACK WARD 3   KENNETH JOHNSON (SUSPENDED) WARD 4   DELORES L. GRAY WARD 5   BLAINE A. GRIFFIN WARD 6   BASHEER S. JONES WARD 7   MICHAEL POLENSEK WARD 8   KEVIN CONWELL WARD 9   ANTHONY T. HAIRSTON WARD 10   BRIAN MOONEY WARD 11   ANTHONY BRANCATELLI WARD 12   KEVIN J. KELLEY WARD 13   JASMIN SANTANA WARD 14   JENNY SPENCER WARD 15   BRIAN KAZY WARD 16   CHARLES SLIFE WARD 17 By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, associate publisher Clevelandurbannews .com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black and alternative digital newspaper CLEVELAND, Ohio -  Cleveland City Council is slated to possibly allow public comment at its weekly city council meetings, prospective city legislation that comes during an election year for city council seats and following ongoing pressure from community activists and others who say City Council has been erroneou

  Cecil Lipscomb,  executive director of the United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland and the newly elected chair of the Board of Trustees of Eliza Bryant Village in Cleveland Clevelandurbannews .com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com CLEVELAND, Ohio -   Cecil Lipscomb, executive director of the United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland, has been elected chair of the Eliza Bryant Village Board of Trustees in Cleveland by trustee members for a two-year term. (Editor's note: The UBF of Greater Cleveland  is a nonprofit that partners with other organizations to provide grants, workshops, and other community services to the greater Cleveland area, and mainly the African-American community).  Eliza Bryant  Village provides services for seniors, including low income housing. It is  located in Ward 7 in  Cleveland's  historic Hough neighborhood on the city's largely Black east side.   A five -year Board of Trustee member , Lipscomb  previously served as 1 st  vice-chair and chair