Some Cleveland council members mull local eviction moratorium; Housing Court and mayor’s office question where authority exists Eric Heisig, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio Some Cleveland City Council members are considering a local eviction moratorium to provide a safety net for tenants amid concerns that a federal ban on evictions for nonpayment during the coronavirus pandemic could soon come to an end.
The prospect of extending the moratorium, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first enacted in September, within the city limits has support from housing advocates and Cleveland Housing Court Judge W. Moná Scott.
To them, the moratorium has been a key tool in preventing mass evictions during the pandemic-induced recession that began in early 2020 and would give an outside agency running a city-funded rental assistance program time to catch up on applications.
Ohio’s only majority African-American congressional district may disappear with redistricting: The Wake Up for Monday, May 10, 2021
Posted May 10, 2021
The congressional district that was formerly represented by Stephanie Tubbs Jones and Louis Stokes is likely to no longer be majority minority after it s remapped.
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11th District: In the 1960s, Louis Stokes asked the nation’s highest court to declare that Cleveland’s congressional districts unfairly divided its African American community to dilute Black political power. So the Ohio legislature created the state’s only majority minority congressional district. When Ohio redraws its congressional maps this year to divide the state among 15 districts, the original district will likely lose its African American majority for the first time, Sab
Ohio Republicans follow through and censure Rep. Anthony Gonzalez for voting his conscience on Trump’s impeachment: The Wake Up podcast
Posted May 10, 2021
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On Friday, the state’s GOP voted to censure Gonzalez for his vote, with some calling for him to resign. Gonzalez, from Rocky River, is the latest Republican to be rebuked by their state parties for supporting impeachment proceedings against Trump in January. Staying with politics, Ohio likely will lose its only congressional district with a majority of Black residents when districts are redrawn this year. And Cleveland Housing Court is warning renters facing eviction for not paying their rent during the pandemic that the CDC’s moratorium on such evictions could soon end.
Do any Ohio Republicans stand behind Rep. Anthony Gonzalez despite his censure? This Week in the CLE
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CLEVELAND, Ohio U.S. Rep. Anthony Gonzalez is the latest Republican to be rebuked by their state parties for voting to impeach President Donald Trump.
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Ohio Republicans pressure Anthony Gonzalez to resign over Trump vote: Overnight News Links
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Posted May 09, 2021
Ohio GOP leaders voted Friday to call for U.S. Rep. Anthony Gonzalez to resign for voting to impeach ex-President Donald Trump. (Kiichiro Sato, Associated Press file photo)
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