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The City of Cleveland is suing to keep its law that requires hiring some local residents on public projects.

A just-passed state law bans that.

Mayor Frank Jackson called it an effort to make sure that city residents share in the prosperity and paychecks generated by publicly funded projects in the city.

Cleveland is suing to block a new state law which bans cities like Cleveland, Akron and Columbus from requiring contractors on projects using tax dollars to hire city residents.

The 12-year-old Fannie Lewis Law in Cleveland puts the hiring mandate at at least 20 percent.

The mayor and other speakers made their remarks behind a small bust of Lewis.

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source: Wkyc.com

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