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D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (at podium) briefly explains proposed legislation to offer federal contract workers back pay during a Jan. 29 press conference at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in D.C. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

National, William J. Ford

Dems Float Bill to Provide Back Pay for Federal Contractors

by William J. Ford January 29, 2019October 31, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks about the government shutdown on Jan. 25, 2019, from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. Trump says he will sign bill to reopen the government until Feb. 15. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

Politics, Stacy M. Brown

Trump, Dems Reach Deal to End Shutdown, Tentatively Reopen Government

by Stacy M. Brown January 25, 2019October 31, 2020

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announces her plan for emergency legislation to ease the burden on furloughed federal workers who have to report to work but who are not getting paid during a press conference at the Capital Area Food Bank January 22, 2019 in Washington, DC. Mayor Bowser announces emergency legislation, giving DC Government the ability to provide more federal employees with much-needed unemployment insurance benefits and she calls for an end to the federal government's partial shutdown. (Photo by Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

D.C. Mayor Offers Assurance, Support to Federal Workers During Shutdown

by WI Guest Author January 25, 2019October 31, 2020

Courtesy of First Baptist Church of Glenarden

Faith, Religion

First Baptist Gives out Free Groceries to Federal Employees Amid Shutdown

by WI Guest Author January 24, 2019October 31, 2020

TSA Workers are among the many government employees filing for unemployment benefits. (Department of Homeland Security)

National, Stacy M. Brown

Government Shutdown Forcing Many to File for Unemployment Benefits

by Stacy M. Brown January 23, 2019October 31, 2020

Mayor Bowser speaks to volunteers and the press at the Capital Area Food Bank in Northeast on Tuesday, Jan. 22, where she announced ways the DC government is stepping up to assist residents and families impacted by the Federal government shutdown. Standing with Mayor Bowser are (L-R) Jenny Reed, director of the D.C. Office of Budget and Performance Management, Dr. Unique Morris-Hughes, director of the D.C. Department of Employment Services, and Dr. Laura Zeilinger, director of the D.C. Department of Human Services. (Robert Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Bowser Offers Aid to Residents Hurt by Shutdown

by James Wright Jr. January 23, 2019October 31, 2020

PGCPS recently launched the "10,000 Meals Challenge" fund to cover the cost of student meals for or families affected by the federal government shutdown. (Courtesy of PGCPS)

Local

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY EDUCATION BRIEFS: 10K Meal Challenge

by WI Webstaff January 23, 2019October 31, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with the media while meeting with the President of Poland Andrzej Duda at the oval office in the White House on September 18, 2018 in Washington, DC. Duda is on his first trip to the White House. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis-Pool via Getty Images)

Op-Ed, Opinion, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

JESSE JACKSON: Trump’s Flailing Will Get More Desperate — and More Dangerous

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. January 23, 2019October 31, 2020

BONEY: The Government Shutdown Crippling America

by WI Guest Author January 23, 2019October 31, 2020

Donald Trump

Julianne Malveaux

MALVEAUX: The Government Shutdown and the Collateral Damage

by WI Guest Author January 23, 2019October 31, 2020