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A Red Line train prepares to leave the Glenmont Metro station in Silver Spring, Maryland, on March 24. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Metro’s $4.5B Budget Has Fare Discounts, But No 7000-Series Trains ‘Until the Summer’

by William J. Ford March 24, 2022March 24, 2022

**FILE** A Metro employee spray-paints a crosswalk at the transit agency's Prince George’s Plaza rail station, which reopened Sept. 7. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Metro Board Expected to Approve $4.8B Budget

by William J. Ford March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

Mayor Muriel Bowser hands LaToya Liles the keys to her newly owned business, Tsunami Hair Studio located in Northeast. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Bowser Helps Black Businesses Facing Financial Hurdles with $40 Million Legacy Initiative

by WI Web Staff March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser wants to add a new annex to the D.C. Jail. (Courtesy of WJLA-TV)

D.C. Residents React to Bowser’s $19.5 Billion Budget

by James Wright Jr. March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

D.C. Council member Janeese Lewis George (D-Ward 4) addresses supporters of domestic workers rights legislation. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

D.C. Council to Consider Domestic Workers Rights Bill

by James Wright Jr. March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

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During Budget Season, Mental Health Care System Becomes Major Concern

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. March 23, 2022March 24, 2022

Maryland Sens. Antonio Hayes (left) and Joanne C. Benson sit on the Senate floor on March 18 as the Senate approved legislation for paid family and medical leave. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Paid Family Medical Leave Remains Uncertain in Maryland

by William J. Ford March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones (right) signs emergency legislation into law on March 18 to suspend the state's gas tax for 30 days. Gov. Larry Hogan (left) looks on as he awaits his turn to put his signature on the document. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Hogan, Maryland Leaders Sign 30-Day Gas-Free Tax Into Law

by William J. Ford March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

Madeleine Albright, First Female Secretary of State, Dies at 84

by Stacy M. Brown March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

Nine Inaugural Members Appointed to Arlington County Community Oversight Board

by Jamila Bey March 23, 2022March 23, 2022