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Coronavirus causes the rescheduling of the Kentucky Derby this year as Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield was a Derby announcer in 2019....The Preakness and Belmont Stakes have been postponed this year

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, associate publisher

 

CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, LOUISVILLE, Kentucky-

The 146th Kentucky Derby, originally scheduled for May 2, 2020 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., the first Saturday in May of this year, has been rescheduled to Sept. 5  due to the coronavirus, and the 146th Longines Kentucky Oaks has been rescheduled from May 1 to Sept. 4.


The tradition is for the coveted horse-race to occur the first Saturday in May of each year, a tradition that caps a two-week long Derby festival and that has for the second time in history been rocked by an international crisis, this time a pandemic that has brought the world to its knees.

“For the second time in the 145 year history of the Kentucky Derby, the first time being at the end of World War II, we will move the date of the Derby,” said Churchill Downs Inc. CEO Bill Carstanjen during a teleconference with the media and investors.


Carstanjen said that "while we are always respectful of the time-honored traditions of the Kentucky Derby, our company’s true legacy is one of resilience and embracing of change and unshakable resolve."

The Preakness Stakes, the second leg of  the Triple Crown and tentatively set for May 16,  has also been postponed, and by Maryland Gov Larry Hogan, though no subsequent date has been announced.

And according to a statement from the New York Racing Association, Belmont Stakes in Elmont, New York, the third leg of the Triple crown, has been postponed from its original June 6 date, also without any confirmed subsequent date.


Maryland, Kentucky and New York have stay-at-home orders issued by their governors,  along with 40 other states and Washington, D.C.


New York leads the way  relative to the state with the most number of coronavirus confirmed cases and deaths, the hard-hit state reporting 247,215 cases to date, and 18, 298 deaths.


Kentucky ranks 32nd among the 50 states with 2, 707 confirmed cases and 135 deaths, and Maryland ranks 12th nationwide, reporting some 12, 830 cases and 486 deaths.


The deadly flu-type virus for which there is no vaccine has spread to all 50 states and Washington, D.C. and the nation has nearly 755,162 reported cases and some 40,000 people dead, worldwide figures regarding the pandemic showing that there are 2.3 million cases globally and roughly 160,000 deaths.


Last year's Derby race, held on May 4, 2019,  was steeped in controversy.


In spite of a muddy track from rain that came down on and off all day and sprinkled at the start of the race, long-shot Country House, with a 65-1 odds, won the 145th Kentucky to bring home the $3 million purse, a win by technicality after Maxim Security, the favorite with 4-1 odds, was disqualified for an improper lane change after crossing the finish line.


The $2 exacta paid out $3,009.60 relative to Country House, the $1 trifecta, $11,475.30, and the $1 superfecta brought $51,400.10, more than double the  $1 superfecta payout last year

 

Among the celebrities there last year were Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Vivica Fox, Steve Harvey,  media personality Laila Ali, who is the daughter of the late boxing great Muhammad Ali, a Louisville native, Tom Brady, who is now the former quarterback for the New England Patriots and a six-time Super Bowl winner, and Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield, also a Heisman Trophy winner.


Mayfield played an official role as an announcer and gave the welcome and the “Riders Up” call to the jockeys prior to the horse race, “Riders Up!” the traditional command  for jockeys to mount their horses and head to the starting gate.

 

Officials said the crowd at Churchill Downs was at roughly 150,000 people in 2019, down from the year before when the attendance was 157,813, the rain a factor in 2018 too where Justify, with 5-2 odds, took first place, followed by Good Magic, which placed second, and Audible, the third place winner that year.


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Last Updated on Saturday, 22 August 2020 15:22

Biden wins Ohio's extended primary election that reveals a 21 percent decrease in voter turnout in Cuyahoga County compared to 2016...Cuyahoga County includes Cleveland and is the second largest of Ohio's 88 counties....By Clevelandurbannews.com

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief

CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio- Officials from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland were on target in predicting a 25 percent voter turnout and at least a 15 percent decrease in voter turnout in the county for this year's primary compared to 2016 in response to the coronavirus outbreak as Ohio's no-voting-at-the-polls deadline was April 28, a rescheduled mail-in ballot election authorized under a new state law approved overwhelming by the state legislature.


Except for special cases, such as the legally blind who could vote in person at boards of elections, Ohio's primary was essentially relegated to a mail-in-only ballot election.

 

Some 192,065 voters casts ballots in the county for this year's primary out of 858, 057 registered voters, a 23 percent voter turnout compared to 44 percent relative to county results for the March 2016 primary election in Ohio.


In short, there was a 21 percent decrease in voter turnout in the county in comparison to 2016, notwithstanding that neither incumbent Republican President Donald Trump nor Democratic presumptive nominee Joe Biden, who won Ohio, had any relevant opposition after Bernie Sanders quit the race for the Democratic nomination earlier this month.

 

Gov Mike DeWine, in response to the coronavirus outbreak, shutdown Ohio' s polls and thus its originally scheduled March 17 primary, an administrative action among others relative to the pandemic, including the governor's March 22 stay-at-home-order, which will be lifted in phases beginning on May 1 as he reopens Ohio.

 

In addition to the presidential primary and ballot issues, also on the ballot for Cuyahoga County voters to decide,  among other issues and races, were congressional and state legislative seats up for grabs, common pleas and state appeals court and Ohio Supreme Court races, seats open on county council, and state central committee seats.

 

Democratic County Prosecutor Mike O'Malley, who ousted fellow Democrat Tim McGinty in 2016 amid controversy, faced no opposition.


The 29 percent Black county has a population of some 1.2 million people and includes Cleveland, a largely Black major American city led by four-term Black Democratic mayor Frank Jackson.

 

It is a Democratic stronghold.


Among those registered in Cuyahoga County are roughly 225,000 Democratic voters, 100,000 Republicans, and 500,000 non-party or Independent voters.


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Last Updated on Thursday, 30 April 2020 01:26

Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland predicts lower voter turnout via Ohio's rescheduled mail-in ballot primary, though the disabled can vote in person and provisional ballots can be dropped off at the board of elections by April 28

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief


CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio- Officials from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland are predicting at least a 15 percent decrease in voter turnout in the county for this year's primary in Ohio in response to the coronavirus outbreak as Ohio's no-voting-at-the-polls deadline is tomorrow, April 28, a rescheduled mail-in ballot election overwhelmingly sanctioned by state legislators in a bipartisan fashion, and authorized under a new state law, House Bill 197.


There is no question that low voter turnout hurts the Black vote, and the Democratic vote.


The 29 percent Black county has a population of some 1.2 million people and includes Cleveland, a largely Black major American city led by four-term Black Democratic mayor Frank Jackson.


It is a Democratic stronghold.


"Ordinarily we expect a 40 percent voter turnout in Cuyahoga County and now it is at about 25 percent," said county board of elections communications outreach manager Mike West, who added that there are some 850,000 registered voters in Cuyahoga County, Ohio's second largest of 88 counties.


West said that there is no argument that voters prefer access to the polls, and that the lack of such access has affected this year's primary vote in the state's second largest county.


"Obviously turnout is a little lower because people like to go out on election day," said West.


Mail-in ballots must be postmarked by April 27 or dropped of in person to the board of elections by 7:30 pm on April 28 to be counted and the exceptions to the mail-in-only provision of HB 197 are disabled registered voters like the legally blind who can vote in person at the board of elections as late as April 28, and those completing provisional ballots for reasons such as identification issues and the failure to update a residential address.


Provisional ballots can be delivered to the board of elections, also as late as April 28, West told Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlienenewsblog.com.


"We have people from the board of elections with ballot drop-in boxes outside of the building for voters with mail-in- drop off ballots and provisional ballots to deliver their ballots as late as tomorrow" said West, a 12-year veteran with the county board of elections.


Among those registered in Cuyahoga County are roughly 225,000 Democratic voters, 100,000 Republicans, and 500,000 non-party or Independent voters.


Gov Mike DeWine, in response to the coronavirus outbreak, shutdown Ohio' s polls and thus its originally scheduled March 17 primary, an administration action among others relative to the pandemic, including the governor's March 22 stay-at-home-order, which will be lifted in phases beginning on May 1 as he reopens Ohio.


Neither Republican President Donald Trump nor presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden face any significant primary opposition, Ohio a pivotal state that Trump won over Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016.


In addition to the presidential primary and ballot issues, also on the ballot for Cuyahoga County voters to decide,  among other issues and races,  are congressional and state legislative seats up for grabs, common pleas and state appeals court and Ohio Supreme Court races, seats open on county council, and state central committee seats.


Democratic County Prosecutor Mike O'Malley, who ousted fellow Democrat Tim McGinty in 2016 amid controversy, faces no opposition


There are currently some 3 million confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide and more than 208,000 deaths, the U.S. accounting for some 880, 204 cases and 55,000 deaths.


Ohio has some 15, 587 confirmed cases and 91 deaths, 1902 of those cases out of Cuyahoga County and has reported 91 deaths, Cleveland accounting for 18 deaths.


Some 26 million Americans are out of work in response to the global crisis that has crippled the nation.

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 April 2020 03:23

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Last Updated on Sunday, 26 April 2020 17:33

U.S. House passes $454 billion coronavirus relief legislation for small businesses, hospitals and more testing as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi begins the pursuit of additional relief....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief

 

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to pass legislation for a second round of stimulus monies for small businesses to secure loans, a $454 billion relief bill that passed the U.S. Senate on Tuesday by a voice vote and now heads to the desk of President Donald Trump for his promised signature.

There are currently some 2.7 million confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide and more than 190,000 deaths, the U.S. accounting for some 880, 204 cases and 49, 845 deaths.


Some 25.6 million Americans are out of work in response to the global crisis that has crippled the nation.

The historic legislation, which includes $310 billion of the $454 billion for additional funding to replenish the Paycheck Protection Program for small business to get loans, also allocates $75 billion of that money for hospitals, $25 billion of it for more coronavirus testing, and $60 billion for small business disaster loans and grants.

After weeks of partisan wrangling, it passed in the House, 388-5-1, with four Republicans voting against the measure as well as Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat and the youngest woman in Congress at 30-years-old.

Rep. Justin Amash (I-Mich.), an Independent, voted present.

It is  is the fourth bipartisan coronavirus bill to move through Congress over the last two months, bringing financial relief in response to the pandemic to $2.8 trillion, a historical figure relative to emergency relief issued at the hands of Congress.


Food assistance programs pushed by Congressional Democrats, did not make it into the bill, among other demands, and Black America remains at risk as disproportionately impacted by the virus with a death rate two to five times higher than White America.

Meanwhile, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressional Democrats have already begun the pursuit of additional relief that will expand funding for unemployment benefits, food stamps, medical-safety equipment and testing.

Amid criticism, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his fellow Republicans who control the Senate but not the House argue that the federal deficit is at its peak and more coronavirus stimulus monies will only heighten the national deficit.

 

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.

Last Updated on Friday, 24 April 2020 22:01

Bernie Sanders asks for donations for reelection of Squad members U.S. Reps Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib to Congress, 3 women of color who are among a record number of women elected to Congress in 2018

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Pictured are Democratic U.S. Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York (wearing all black and no beads), Rashida Tlaib of Michigan (wearing red blouse), and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota (wearing head garb), and Democratic U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont


Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog, both also top in Black digital news in the Midwest.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief

CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S Sen. Bernie Sanders a, self-described socialist Democrat who quit the race for president this month and endorsed former vice president Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination, is campaigning for campaign donations for three congressional women of color who endorsed him for president and are up for reelection this year under the wrath of President Donald Trump, Biden's Republican opponent.


All three face challenges for the Democratic primary from candidates who Sanders says are backed by corporations and represent the mainstream wing of the Democratic Party.


The congresswomen of color at issue, all of them progressive Democrats like Sanders, are U.S. Reps Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, three of the four members of "The Squad," a nickname coined by Ocasio-Cortez in an Instagram post referencing the under 50 progressive group of rookie congresswomen elected among a record number of women who were swept into office during the November 2018 mid-term elections when the Democrats regained control of the House of Representatives.

 

The youngest woman in Congress at 30, Rep, Ocasio-Cortez faces 13 challengers for the primary in New York.


"As you know, our campaign for president was never just about winning the White House," Sanders wrote in a email to  to supporters on Sunday relative to his campaign in support of Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib, and Omar. "It was about growing a movement that can stand up to the corporate elite of this country and create a government that works for all of us."


While all three are bright, and articulate, they are best known for assertively taking on the policies of President Donald Trump, and perhaps irritating him.


They are advocates of immigration and criminal justice reform, climate change, and a healthcare system amenable to poor people and the under privileged, among other progressive policies that want implemented.


They have also taken on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on some issues, as well as the more moderate faction of the Democratic Party.


Though also a member of the Squad and also up for reelection too, Sanders did not mention Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, likely because she endorsed his rival, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, for the Democratic nomination for president.


A resident of the Bronx of New York and former waitress and activist who campaigned for Sanders after college and prior to getting elected to Congress in 2018 to represent New York's 11 congressional district, Rep. Ocasio -Cortez is Hispanic and the other three Squad members are Black.


Their supporters call them a quartet of grassroots federal lawmakers not afraid to fight for Black people and people of color in general, or to take on President Trump and his fellow Republicans, or their own fellow Democrats who cross the line.


Trump once publicly told all four of the congresswomen to 'go home,' a racial epithet some Black leaders like the Civil Rights leader the Rev Al Sharpton found offensive.


Sanders said that the work of progressive Democrats is more important today than ever before and that "I am asking you to support some extraordinary congresswomen — and important leaders of our movement — to ensure they can continue fighting for our values in Congress."

 

The email from Sen. Sanders to supporters regarding the three congresswomen of color he has endorsed reads further as follows:

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, [30, and who represents NewYork's 11 congressional district] is up against several primary opponents, many corporate-funded, who are desperate to defeat one of the most progressive members of the House. Her victory shocked the establishment in 2018, and now it is up to us to help her win again in 2020.

Ilhan Omar, [37, and who represents Minnesota's fifth congressional district], and I have worked on a number of important issues in Congress, including canceling student debt, providing school meals year-round to students, and protecting workers' rights. She is a courageous leader who is leading our movement in the House.

Rashida Tlaib, [43 and who represents Michigan's 13th congressional district], won her primary election in 2018 by just 887 votes, and now she is facing a primary challenge from the same establishment-backed opponent. This could be another very close race, which is why we must come together to stand with Rashida.

Let me be very clear: If we are serious about building a political revolution — and continuing our fight for economic justice, social justice, racial justice, and environmental justice — we need people like Alexandria, Ilhan and Rashida representing our progressive values in Congress.

Now, I understand that times are tough right now and you may not be able to give. But if you can afford to, please consider making a contribution to their campaigns.

Thank you for all you have done to advance our movement. Our work is far from over, and it means a lot to know we are still in this together.

In solidarity,

Bernie Sanders

 

 

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog, both also top in Black digital news in the Midwest.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS


 

Last Updated on Thursday, 23 April 2020 20:21

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