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FBI agent testifies in bribery trial of former GOP Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and says Householder pocketed some $500,000 relative to the $60 million bribery scheme at the heart of the trial....Black elected officials are stunned at the about of money associated with the bribery case and say that Black elected officials are sometimes "indicted on a ham sandwich"....By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Former Ohio House of Representatives speaker Larry Householder Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinnewsblog.com   By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor in chief.   CINCINNATI, Ohio – Former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder's public corruption trial is underway regarding what prosecutors say is a $60 million bribery scheme involving HB6, two nuclear power plants, and greedy right wing politicians and GOP businessmen. The trial is in its third week, and it just keeps getting better. An FBI agent testified on Thursday and said that the former state lawmaker (pictured) pocketed $500,000 from the bribery scheme, if not more.   Special Agent Blane Wetzel also told the jury that Matt Borges, a former Republican lobbyist who is on trial with Householder, purportedly got $366,000 and Jeff Longstreth and Juan Cespede,  two of Householder's co-defendants who have pleaded guilty and are slated to testify in the  against   Householder , allegedly stole some $3

President Biden introduces Tyre Nichols' parents during State of the Union, Nichols Black and beat to death by 5 since fired and indicted Memphis cops...By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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The parents of Memphis police killing victim Tyre Nichols were among the special guests invited by President Joe Biden to hear his S tate of the Union address to a joint chamber of Congress on Tuesday, Feb 7, 2023 in Washington, D.C. President Joe Biden delivered his second State of the Union address on Tuesday, Feb 7, 2023 in Washington, D.C. before a joint chamber of Congress where he called for police reforms and accountability following the police killing death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee last month Tyre Nichols The five fired Memphis cops who face second degree murder and other charges for beating 29-year-old Tyre Nichols to death during a traffic stop on Jan 7, 2023 Video: President Joe Biden honors the parents of Memphis police killing victim Tyre Nichols during his  second State of the Union address on Tuesday, Feb 7, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com    By Kathy Wray Coleman, as

Public corruption alert: Cuyahoga County's crooked sheriff Steven Hammett resigns as Cleveland activists applaud the move and as new County Executive Chris Ronayne begins to craft his administrative team....Hammett used University Hts police to stalk and steal from Black single women homeowners and helped JP Morgan Chase Bank steal county residents homes and their expensive cars via illegal foreclosures and illegal home break-ins when he was a University Hts police chief before becoming sheriff....He also ran an inhumane county jail coupled with the disproportionate mistreatment of Black inmates....By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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  Pictured are former Cuyahoga County Sheriff Steven Hammett and former Democratic Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish. The county's second Black sheriff, Hammett resigned from the interim post this week after holding it for hardly eight months. Community activists have accused him of public corruption and of harassing and stalking Black single women homeowners when he was police chief in the city of University Hts before becoming sheriff. And they had pushed for his resignation. Activists also say that the county jail remained in disarray and inhumane under Hammett's ineffective leadership as sheriff Steven Hammett Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief, and a political and investigative reporter who trained for 17 years as a reporter with the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio CLEVELAND, Ohio- Cuyahoga County interim sheriff Steven Hammett, the county's second Black sheriff

International Women's Day March Cleveland 2023 is March 8 with a 5 pm City Hall steps rally and a 6 pm march, the 7th annual march....By Clevelandurbannews.com.... Some 400 people attended the first International Women's Day March in Cleveland in 2017

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  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 march, organize

Mayor Bibb to speak at the 49th Annual Black Cleveland Flag Raising Ceremony at 11:30 am on February 4, 2023 at City Hall, an event organized annually for Black History Month by longtime Cleveland activist Khalid Samad of Peace in the Hood and the Coalition for a Better Life.... By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) / ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog.  Tel: (216) 659 0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com CLEVELAND, Ohio -Led by longtime Black Cleveland activist Khalid Samad and his grassroots groups Peace in the Hood and the Coalition for a Better Life, and also sponsored by the city of Cleveland Community Relations Board, community activists, elected officials and other community members will gather this weekend in downtown Cleveland for the 49th Annual Black Flag Raising Ceremony, which will begin at 11:30 am on Saurday, Feb.4, 2023 at Cleveland City Hall The event will include an indoor activity with food and speeches that will follow speeches at noon led by Samad on City Hall steps before the flag is raised. The open-to-the-public event is part of a salute to Black History Month. A  former assistant saftey di