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**FILE** The D.C. Council chamber at the John A. Wilson Building in D.C. (Courtesy of dccouncil.us)

Chamber of Commerce Grades D.C. Council Members

by James Wright Jr. July 30, 2025July 30, 2025

Malcolm Smith (left) demonstrates what he has learned since becoming an "Unleashed Potential" volunteer at Brandywine Valley SPCA in Northeast. Unleashed Potential is a collaboration between the animal shelter and Representation for the Bottom, founded by Marcelles Queen (right). (Sam P.K. Collins/The Washington Informer)

A Life-Changing Opportunity, and the Fight for Consistent Grassroots Youth Programming

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. July 10, 2025July 10, 2025

The Trump administration plans to relocate the FBI headquarters from the J. Edgar Hoover Building to the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. (Courtesy of Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center)

FBI Headquarters to Relocate to Reagan Building

by Stacy M. Brown July 2, 2025July 3, 2025

**FILE** The D.C. Council will conduct its first vote on the fiscal 2026 budget on July 14. (WI photo)

The Collins Council Report: A Council Period 26 Rules Change and the Scramble to Save Government-Funded Programs

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. July 2, 2025December 11, 2025

**FILE** The D.C. Central Detention Facility (CDF) is shown here. A May report released by the Office of the D.C. Auditor, in partnership with the Council for Court Excellence, reveals the rate of in-custody deaths at the D.C. Department of Corrections CDF and Central Treatment Facility during the one-year audit period stood at more than 3.5 times the national average. (Courtesy of dc.gov)

Peace DC’s Path Marred With Questions About Pretrial Detention

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. June 25, 2025June 25, 2025

EDITORIAL: A Season of Opportunity — With Limits

by WI Editorial Staff June 25, 2025June 25, 2025

Parents of students at Bard High School Early College DC are frustrated with the violence they said students have experienced on and near school grounds. (Courtesy photo)

Bard HS Early College DC Parents Demand Response to Campus Safety Concerns

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. May 7, 2025May 7, 2025

**FILE** With the D.C. Council to soon consider a bill that gives the mayor even more purview over violence interruption by absorbing Cure the Streets into ONSE, Tyrone Parker counts among those calling for less — not more — government control in anti-violence affairs. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Tyrone Parker, Violence Interruption Veteran, Reflects on Current State of Affairs

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. April 1, 2025April 2, 2025

**FILE** D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says she had a "great meeting" with President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 30, expressing optimism about finding common ground during his second term. (WI photo)

As President Trump — and D.C. Residents — Decry Homeless Problem, Bowser Attempts to Tout Progress

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. February 21, 2025February 21, 2025

**FILE** D.C. Council Period 26 is now in session. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Collins Council Report: Contracts, Oversight, and an Upcoming Special Election

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. February 18, 2025December 11, 2025