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**FILE** D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (Jacques Benovil/The Washington Informer)

D.C. Residents, Leaders Go to Capitol Hill to Fight for City

by James Wright Jr. May 16, 2023May 16, 2023

Chuck Bradley (at podium) counted among dozens who converged on the John A. Wilson Building in demand of funds for excluded workers on May 16. (Marckell Williams/The Washington Informer)

In First Vote, D.C. Council Approves Budget Without Excluded Workers Funds

by Sam P.K. Collins May 16, 2023May 16, 2023

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser takes notes during her Public Safety Summit at the District Emergency Operations Center in Washington, D.C., on May 10, 2023. (Shedrick Pelt/The Washington Informer)

Bowser Proposes Legislation to Strengthen Response to Violent Crime

by Sam P.K. Collins May 16, 2023May 16, 2023

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser takes notes during her Public Safety Summit at the District Emergency Operations Center in Washington, D.C., on May 10, 2023. (Shedrick Pelt/The Washington Informer)

Mayor’s Public Safety Summit Focuses on Illegal Guns

by Sam P.K. Collins May 11, 2023May 11, 2023

Michelle Roberts raised children, worked, and attended college and graduate schools simultaneously. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Roberts Beats Odds to Raise Six Children

by James Wright Jr. May 11, 2023May 10, 2023

New D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb has committed to ensuring District residents' rights are respected under the law and that he will carry out his duties in concert with other city officials when appropriate.

D.C. AG Schwalb Joins Letter Calling for Fully Funding Legal Services Corporation

by WI Web Staff May 11, 2023May 11, 2023

Norton Wants Weed Displayed at U.S. Botanic Garden

by WI Web Staff May 11, 2023May 11, 2023

Harris "Pappy" Bates (second from left), son of Gillian Bates (right), survived the 2000 Easter Monday Family Day shooting at the National Zoo. Tyrone Parker (second from right) united Gillian Bates and Linda Grimes-Jones, mother of Harris Bates' shooter, and supports their efforts to address gun violence in D.C. (Lafayette Barnes IV/The Washington Informer)

Twenty-Three Years Later, Two Mothers Carry on Healing Journey

by Sam P.K. Collins May 10, 2023May 11, 2023

Tonya Kinlow (Courtesy photo)

Ward 8’s Kinlow Helps to Steer D.C. Chamber of Commerce

by James Wright Jr. May 10, 2023May 11, 2023

**FILE** With the one-year delay of the Free Bus program, advocates and elected officials are considering where to allocate the freed up funds. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

With Free Bus Program on Ice, D.C. Residents Demand Other Budget Priorities

by Sam P.K. Collins May 10, 2023May 10, 2023