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Trump’s Broken Promises Pile Up as Day 1 Pledges Falter

by Stacy M. Brown January 23, 2025January 23, 2025

Donald Trump’s return to the presidency has been marked by a long list of broken promises, including lowering grocery prices, ending the war in Ukraine, and overturning Biden’s “electric vehicle mandate,” which were either unfeasible or illegal.

D.C. Attorney General Scores New Settlement Funding

by Lindiwe Vilakazi February 7, 2024March 7, 2024

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)

D.C. Mayor Declares Public Emergency in Response to Opioid Crisis, Youth Violence

by Lindiwe Vilakazi November 14, 2023November 30, 2023

District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb and Dr. Barbara J. Bazron, director of the Department of Behavioral Health (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Opioid Commission Hashes Out Settlement Funding

by Lindiwe Vilakazi November 1, 2023November 30, 2023

D.C. Seats Inaugural Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission

by Lindiwe Vilakazi October 25, 2023November 30, 2023

Addressing Youth Opioid Crisis in D.C.

by Lindiwe Vilakazi October 4, 2023November 30, 2023

D.C. AG Announces $2.3M Settlement with Maker of Anti-Addiction Drug Suboxone

by WI Web Staff June 2, 2023June 2, 2023

The Growing Threat of Xylazine In The Fentanyl Frenzy

by Lindiwe Vilakazi April 26, 2023November 30, 2023

Health Alliance Network Calls for Public Health Emergency on Opioid Crisis

by Lindiwe Vilakazi April 12, 2023November 30, 2023

AGONAFER: Biden Admin Should Make Non-Opioids Available to Address Spikes in Blacks’ Overdose Rates

by Meron Agonafer March 15, 2023March 15, 2023