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**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

students sitting inside the classroom while using their smartphone

Students, Parents and Elected Officials Tackle In-School Cellphone Use

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. February 4, 2025February 28, 2025

**FILE** The FBI has arrested D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Councilmember Trayon White Violated D.C. Code of Conduct, Report Commissioned by Ad-Hoc Committee Says

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. December 11, 2024December 11, 2024

Mamatoto Village has a first-of-its-kind Reproductive Health Pantry designed to combat period poverty in the nation's capital. (Courtesy photo)

Addressing Period Poverty in D.C.: Mamatoto Village Launches Reproductive Health Pantry In Ward 7

by Lindiwe Vilakazi December 11, 2024December 12, 2024

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