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Ohio 13th Congressional district Congresswoman Emilia Sykes, an Akron Democrat Jayland Walker   U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com    Staff article WASHINGTON, D.C.- Ohio 13th Congressional District Congresswoman Emilia Sykes, an Akron Democrat and one of three Black women in the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio, has officially requested a Department of Justice investigation into the patterns and practices of the Akron Police Department. The request from the federal lawmaker comes hardly a week after a Summit County grand jury refused to indict eight Akron cops who gunned down 25-year old Jayland Walker shooting 94 bullets as he ran away from police on foot.  “I write today on behalf of the people of Ohio’s 13 th  congressional district urging the United States Department of Justice to investigate the death of Mr. Jayland Walker, a young Black man killed by eight officers employed by the Akron Police Department

Women's March Cleveland at one of its marches in Cleveland, led by Black women. Photo by Cleveland Plain Dealer/Cleveland.com Photojournalist David  Petkiewicz Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Staff article WASHINGTON, D.C.- The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a case that reached the country's highest court that could end the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) longtime approval of mifepristone, the nation's most widely used abortion bill. Primarily at issue is whether the FDA's two-decades approval of the pill is safe with justices seemingly skeptical of such assertion during Tuesday's proceedings in Washington, D.C., pundits said afterwards. And whether the justices can step in for federal agencies to determine the safety of the pill is at issue too, lawyers for proponents of the pill argued to the nine-member , 6-3 conservative-leaning court comprised of three former President Donald Trump appointees. The

  Cleveland Mayor Justin M, Bibb Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND, Ohio- Newcomer Justin Bibb, a former Barack Obama intern and progressive who won the Cleveland nonpartisan runoff election for mayor in November of 2021 over then Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley to become the city's fourth Black mayor and its second youngest behind former mayor Dennis Kucinich, gave his second State of the City address on Wednesday evening from a podium in the auditorium at East Technical High School, a forum hosted by the City Club that drew hundreds of students and other community members. The issues the 35-year-old Black mayor addressed ranged from the pandemic to the costly renovation of the West Side Market, public and student safety, lead poisoning, economic growth, and the selection process for the next Cleveland schools CEO to replace outgoing CEO Eric Gordon. He praised Gordon

Drs. Warren Morgan and Ricardo “Rocky” Torres, both of whom are finalists for CEO of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Cleveland's largely Black public school district Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief, and political, educational, and investigative  journalist CLEVELAND, Ohio - A Black man or a Hispanic man is poised to replace outgoing CEO Eric Gordon to lead Cleveland's largely Black 33,000 pupil public school district and for the first time in school district history the city's mayor, who controls the city's schools under state law, will directly screen the finalists, both of whom hold an earned doctorate like Gordon. It will also be the first time in more than a decade and a half that a minority man has led Cleveland schools. Warren Morgan, who is Black, and Ricardo “Rocky” Torres, a Hispanic man, will be interviewed for the top position in the Cleveland Metropolit

Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio Sen Nickie J. Antonio (pictured at center) ( D-Lakewood), a Lakewood Democrat and House Minority Leader whose 23rd state senate district includes state legislative districts 13, 14 and 15, parts of the cities of Lakewood, Euclid and Parma, and 14 of Cleveland's 17 wards, was awarded the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Distinguished Advocacy Award on Tuesday during Cancer Action Day at the capitol. ACS CAN bestowed this prestigious honor to recognize her commitment to health equity and reducing barriers to access to care.   "Sen. Antonio has been a driving force for health equity and reducing barriers to access to care," said Leo Almeida, Ohio government relations director, ACS CAN. "Last session, she supported HB 135, the co-pay accumulator legislation, which would require that all payments made by patients, directly or on their behalf, count toward their

Ohio Senator Antonio (D-23) Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   COLUMBUS, Ohio - Today, state Sen Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood), a Lakewood Democrat and House Minority Leader whose 23rd state senate district includes state legislative districts 13, 14 and 15, parts of the cities of Lakewood, Euclid and Parma, and 14 of Cleveland's 17 wards, provided sponsor testimony on Senate Bill 100, which she is jointly sponsoring with state Sen. Nathan Manning (R-North Ridgeville). The anti-stalking bill, if passed, would prohibit the installation of an electronic tracking device or app on someone else's property without consent and a conviction for doing so would constitute a first degree misdemeanor, which under Ohio law is punishable by a possible fine and up to six months in jail.   "Right now, Ohio's stalking code does not include the use of electronic tracking devices," Antonio said. "Clearly, that law was put into the code long bef