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**FILE** Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich (Courtesy of Elrich via Twitter)

Montgomery County Partners to Strengthen Local Economy Amid Federal Budget Cuts

by James Wright Jr. April 2, 2025April 2, 2025

Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Edward Martin addresses the March 25 meeting of the Anacostia Coordinating Council. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Interim U.S. Attorney for D.C. Ed Martin Reveals ‘Make D.C. Safe Again’ Plan

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. and James Wright Jr. March 26, 2025April 23, 2025

**FILE** Dr. Calvin Rolark, founder and first publisher of The Washington Informer, with his daughter Denise Rolark Barnes, current publisher of the newspaper. (WI photo)

Black Experience

The Washington Informer at 60: ‘If It is to Be, It is Up to Me’

by James Wright Jr. and Micha Green March 26, 2025March 27, 2025

With the “Lockridge” name being synonymous with political and civic activism in Ward 8, Stefan Lockridge is working to ensure his family’s legacy continues. (Courtesy photo)

Black Experience

Stefan Lockridge Carries Forth Family Legacy of Community Activism

by James Wright Jr. March 26, 2025March 27, 2025

Pierre Batchler, owner of Paradyce at Sycamore & Oak in Southeast D.C, talks with Nina Albert, deputy mayor for Planning and Economic Development and Rosemary Suggs-Evans, director of the D.C. Department of Small and Local Business Development on Aug. 13. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Bowser Administration Celebrates Its March Madness with New Development, Green Book

by James Wright Jr. March 26, 2025March 27, 2025

**FILE** Ed Martin (Courtesy of justice.gov)

Interim D.C. U.S. Attorney Addresses Ward 8-Based Community Group

by James Wright Jr. March 25, 2025March 25, 2025

National Council of Negro Womem (NCNW) President Shavon Arline-Bradley speaks at the Trice Edney News Wire Stateswomen for Justice Luncheon at National Press Club in Northwest D.C. on March 19. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Stateswomen for Justice Luncheon Stresses the Importance of Organization

by Ashleigh Fields and James Wright Jr. March 20, 2025March 22, 2025

District Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is working with congressional colleagues to get the federal employees terminated during their probationary periods reinstated with back pay, and help firefighters obtain unemployment benefits more easily. (Courtesy photo)

Furloughed Federal Government Workers Continue to Seek Employment

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. and James Wright Jr. March 19, 2025January 6, 2026

**FILE** Ward 8 resident Vera Abbott is affected by the new Social Security Fairness Act. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

The Social Security Fairness Act, Signed by Biden, Kicks In

by James Wright Jr. March 19, 2025March 19, 2025

Kenneth Kelly is the CEO of Strativia, a software company in Largo, Maryland. (Courtesy of Kelly via LinkedIn)

Washington Business Journal to Honor CEOs of Strativia and Educational Systems Federal Credit Union

by James Wright Jr. March 19, 2025March 19, 2025