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Clevelandurbannews .com and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com .Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief WASHINGTON, D.C.- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday issued a cease-and-stop on certain residential evictions, saying that evicting people could heighten the pandemic surge and would be a public health crisis.  The new moratorium comes on the heels of the expiration at midnight on Saturday of the federal moratorium extension and the failure by Congress to adopt legislation to extend the measure. The new ban is applicable to areas of the country with high or substantial transmission of  COVID-19 and will last until Oct 3, CDC officials said in an announcement on Tuesday.  President Joe Biden is under pressure from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and fellow Democrats as Pelosi and House Democratic leaders who, on Sunday, demanded that the Biden administration extend the national e

U.S. Congressional candidates Nina Turner and Shontel Brown Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND, OHIO –  U.S. Congressional Candidates Nina Turner and Shontel Brown, the front runners in the heated race in Ohio's largely Black 11th congressional district to replace former 12-year congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, a former president of the Congressional Black Caucus who vacated her powerful congressional seat in early March to join President Biden's administration as the U.S. secretary of housing and urban development, are both hosting election night watch parties the evening of Tuesday's special Aug. 3 Democratic primary. A resident and former council woman of Cleveland Ward 1, which has the highest Black voting bloc in the city of any of the 17 wards, Turner is a former Ohio senator and a former surrogate for U.S. Sen.

United States President Joe Biden Clevelandurbannews .com and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com .Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief  WASHINGTON, D.C. —  President Joe Biden is under pressure from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and fellow Democrats as Pelosi and House Democratic leaders on Sunday demanded that the Biden administration extend the national eviction moratorium put in place a year and a half ago to keep people in their homes as the coronavirus pandemic continues to escalate.  Pelosi issued a written statement calling for immediate action by the Biden administration. It was also signed by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark, and Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, a South Carolina Democrat and the highest ranking Black in Congress. Calling it a "moral imperative," House Democrats want the president to use his executive powers to extend the eviction moratoriu

U.S. Congressional Candidate Nina Turner Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,  the most read Black digital newspaper in Ohio and in the Midwest, and the most read independent digital news in Ohio.   Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor CLEVELAND, OHIO – The National Education Association (NEA), at the recommendation of the Ohio Education Association (OEA), on Friday announced its endorsement of U.S. Congressional Candidate Nina Turner through the NEA's political action committee, the NEA Fund. The Ohio Education Association, the NEA's state-level arm, represents more than 120,000 teachers, faculty members, and support professionals who work in Ohio's schools, colleges, and universities. The race to fill the open seat in Ohio's largely Black 11th congressional district that became vacant when former congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge vacated the post in early March to join the

Former Cleveland Ward 4 Councilman Kenneth Johnson Clevelandurbannews.com and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher and editor in chief CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, AKRON, Ohio – Cleveland Ward 4 Councilman Kenneth Johnson, 75, was convicted of corruption and tax charges by a federal jury in Akron, Ohio on Friday following a two-week trial and faces at least 10 years in prison when he is sentenced on Oct 8. by U.S. District Court Judge John Adams. The verdict has some members of the 17-member city council on edge, particularly Black council persons who fear that they might be next. "While Ken's case may be more entwined, they could have targeted any of us," said a Black city council person on condition of anonymity. Per Friday's jury verdict, Johnson is officially off council, an elected post he has held for 40 years. Johnson’s longtime executive assistant, Garnell Jamison,

From left: Actor Danny Glover, U.S. Congressional Candidate Nina Turner, and motivational speaker and scholar Dr. Cornel West Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman. associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND, Ohio- Faith leaders from  greater Cleveland and Akron, along with U.S. Congressional Candidate Nina Turner, special guests actor Danny Glover and Dr. Cornel West, a scholar and motivational speaker, will gather for a a special interfaith community breakfast as the Aug. 3 special primary election for the open congressional seat in Ohio's 11th congressional district nears.  Breakfast will be served Mon., Aug 2, buffet style, at 7:30 am with remarks at 8:00 am. The event is free and open to the public, though participants must R.S.V.P. at    this link  at  Ninaturner.com  and will, in turn, receive an almost immediate email with the date, time and place of the event.  &q