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 Pictured are minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives Hakeem Jeffries , a New York Democrat and the first Black to hold the post and to lead a political party in Congress,  and  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican who was ousted from his speaker's post on Tuesday By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief WASHINGTON, D.C-  Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Tuesday removed controversial House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his prestigious post , just days after Congress, on Saturday evening, passed a stopgap funding bill that averted a looming government shutdown ahead of a midnight deadline. Whether McCarthy, a Republican, can gain the support needed to win back his post and exactly who, if anybody, will replace him as the powerful Speaker are questions that remain unanswered. What happens next  is anybody's guess relative to McCarthy and pending funding bills left unaddressed as Congress-members try to juggle

Ohio Senator and Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio COLUMBUS, Ohio – Today,  Senate Minority Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood), a Lakewood Democrat wh o's 23rd state legislative district includes 14 of Cleveland. 's 17 wards.  released the following statement regarding Gov. Mike DeWine's  decision to dissolve the Department of Education and replace its responsibilities under his purview, despite a court order blocking the move: "I am disappointed to see these changes go forward, despite a Franklin County judge extending a temporary hold until noon Wednesday," said  Antonio . "The decision to ignore the authority of the court is a dangerous precedent to set at a time when public trust in the institution of government is at an all-time low. Ohio's students and families deserve an organized and effective department and state board. Until the court decides how to proceed, the state should not interfere." In September, members of the state Board of

WASHINGTON, D.C- After weeks of political wranglings and divisiveness among Democratic and Republican lawmakers, Congress passed a stopgap funding bill Saturday evening that averted a looming government shutdown ahead of a midnight deadline.  President Joe Biden signed the new law into effect late Saturday night ,  which means the government can stay   open through Nov 17 and as the Thanksgiving holiday looms.  In a statement, the president, who is up for reelection in 2024,  said the bill was “good news for the American people.” “But I want to be clear: we should never have been in this position in the first place. " "Just a few months ago, Speaker McCarthy and I reached a budget agreement to avoid precisely this type of manufactured crisis,” he said. The Senate approved the measure after the House abruptly reversed course earlier in the day and passed the bipartisan  deal that could ultimately cost House Speaker Kevin McCarthy his speaker's seat, McCarthy telling report

Ohio 13th Congressional district Congresswoman Emilia Sykes, an Akron Democrat Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   WASHINGTON, D.C.  — Yesterday, U.S.  Rep, Emilia Sykes (OH-13), an Akron Democrat who leads Ohio's 13th congressional district,,voted against House Republicans' extreme funding bills that the congresswoman said would hurt U.S. service members and their family members,  and weaken national security.  The congresswoman also called for bipartisan cooperation in an effort to avoid a looming government shutdown.    "Just days from the end of the fiscal year, House Republicans' partisan antics are looking more likely than ever to result in a government shutdown that interrupts critical government services, hurts small businesses, forces our troops to serve without pay, and furloughs over 6,000 federal workers in Ohio's 13th Congressional District alone,"   said Rep. Sykes . "Instead of working across the aisle to avoi

Black scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com CLEVELAND, Ohio  – The recipients of the 88 th  Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the only national juried prize for literature that confronts racism and explores diversity, will receive their awards during a ceremony on Thursday, September 28, 2023 at the  Maltz Performing Arts Center on the campus of  Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. The Cleveland Foundation, an annual partner relative to the distinguished award ceremony, released the list of award winners earlier this year, and they are as follows: Geraldine Brooks , “Horse,” Fiction   (Viking) Lan Samantha Chang ,   “The Family Chao,” Fiction (W.W. Norton) Matthew F. Delmont ,   “ Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad ,”   Nonfiction (Viking) Charlayne Hunter-Gault , Lifetime Achievement Saeed Jones ,   “Alive at the End of the World,”  Poetry   (Coffee House Press)

Tuesday, September 26, 2023 — CLEVELAND, Ohio- —  Yesterday, Cleveland City Council approved the continuation of an updated Master Development Agreement (MDA) between Bedrock and the City of Cleveland ( Ord. 787-2023 ) that serves as a framework for a $3.5 billion riverfront development project.     The MDA is aligned with the Cuyahoga Riverfront Masterplan, a comprehensive multi-year plan that reimagines and transforms 35 acres along the riverfront, including Tower City Center and the surrounding landscape with the core tenets of accessibility, equity, sustainability, and resilience. Bedrock will begin construction on initial public infrastructure improvements, including rehabilitation of the existing bulkhead, in October 2023.    “We are embarking on projects that reconnect us to our waterfronts and bring us closer to our goal of an 18-hour, 15-minute downtown that benefits all Clevelanders through people-centered development,” said Mayor Justin M. Bibb. “This is a great example of h