Cincinnati lands 2016 NAACP conference in key election year

Expect to hear a lot more about Ohio as the 2016 presidential election nears. The latest group to announce that it’s meeting in the state  is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which will hold its annual convention in Cincinnati July 9-12, 2016.

"By selecting Cincinnati, the NAACP is placing its most important annual event in one of the nation’s pivotal 2016 presidential election swing states,” said Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley. More...