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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

Norton Introduces Legislation to Give D.C. Full Control of Zoning Commission

by Stacy M. Brown June 23, 2025June 24, 2025

**FILE** Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser celebrating the football team’s move back to RFK campus. With development on RFK campus tentatively scheduled for later this year, local labor advocates and unions are engaging in conversation with D.C. Council members and Commanders officials about the yet-to-be-solidified community benefits agreement. (Abdullah Konte/The Washington Informer)

In RFK Campus Deal, Union Organizers Continue to Demand a Community Benefits Agreement

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. June 3, 2025June 3, 2025

The Collins Council Report: All About the Money

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. May 7, 2025January 6, 2026

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

D.C. Nears Deal to Bring Washington Commanders Back to RFK Site with $850 Million in Public Financing

by Stacy M. Brown April 18, 2025April 18, 2025

While D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has not submitted her fiscal year 2026 budget proposal, the D.C. Council has a lot to address. As the council works to deliberate on various legislation, the former Ward 8 Council member Trayon White has launched his reelection campaign less than two months after he was expelled from his seat due to a federal bribery charge. (Ja’Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Collins Council Report: Second Chances, Council Transparency, Housing Insecurity, and Public Charter School Oversight

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

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Stopgap Bill Advances with Implications for the District

by Stacy M. Brown March 10, 2025March 10, 2025

**FILE** D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser celebrates the new possibilities for RFK campus at a demolition event in December 2022. With D.C.’s chief financial officer recently predicting a revenue decrease of nearly $1 billion over the next three years, Bowser remains focused on generating future revenue and has identified RFK campus in Ward 7 as that catalyst. (WI photo)

In Economic Downturn, Mayor Bowser Posits Football Stadium as a Catalyst

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. March 4, 2025March 4, 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