Sandra Williams

Williams is term-limited in the Ohio Senate. She represents Cleveland’s East Side, Near West Side and several eastern suburbs.

Political newcomer Justin Bibb has won the Cleveland mayoral primary, and Council President Kevin Kelley has finished second, dashing former U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s hopes of returning to the mayor’s office after four decades.

Candidates seeking to replace Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson in this year’s election gathered Tuesday for a mayoral debate that ranged in topics from housing and healthcare to government transparency and racial equity.

After the only Republican who had entered the race withdrew after not submitting enough valid signatures, the remaining candidates are all Democrats.

Updated: 9:50 a.m., Thursday, June 17, 2021 Eight candidates filed petitions by Wednesday’s deadline to enter the race to succeed Frank Jackson as mayor of Cleveland. The list includes longtime elected officials and first-time hopefuls who have been preparing for months to give the city its first new mayor in 16 years.

Students would start school later under legislation being proposed by a state senator from Cleveland.The measure, proposed by State Sen. Sandra Williams…

Among Republican Gov. John Kasich’s new proposals on gun laws are a ban on accelerators called "bump stocks” and a so-called “red flag” bill, which would…