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**FILE** Ward 8 Council member Trayon White is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for mayor on June 21. (WI photo)

Collins Council Report: The Return from Summer Recess

by Sam P.K. Collins September 17, 2024September 17, 2024

This edition of The Washington Informer’s Collins Council Report comes on the heels of a controversial summer recess.

**FILE** Celebrated community leader Phillip Pannell has been organizing for causes in the District since the 1970s. He famously fought for queer voices to be heard during the 20th-anniversary celebration of the March on Washington in 1983 and has continued his freedom fight against various injustices in the District and beyond. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Phil Pannell Ends Write-In Campaign for Ward 8 Seat, Supports Markus Batchelor

by Sam P.K. Collins August 23, 2024August 23, 2024

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

FBI Arrests Ward 8 Council Member Trayon White Sr.

by Stacy M. Brown August 18, 2024August 18, 2024

Nalle Elementary’s Field in Jeopardy During Modernization Process

by Sam P.K. Collins June 19, 2024June 26, 2024

**FLE** The John A. Wilson Building in northwest Washington, D.C. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

The Collins Council Report: The Council’s First Budget Vote

by Sam P.K. Collins May 29, 2024May 30, 2024

D.C. Council to Restore Funding to D.C. Futures Program

by Sam P.K. Collins May 28, 2024May 28, 2024

**FILE** Ward 7 Council member Vincent C. Gray, speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony of 34Fifty Apartments. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Amid Concerns About Health and Election Endorsement, D.C. Council’s Vincent Gray Accepts Honorary Degree from GWU

by Sam P.K. Collins May 21, 2024May 21, 2024

**FILE** Ward 7 Council member Vincent Gray has endorsed candidate Wendell Felder as his successor. (Ja’Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Vincent Gray Endorses Wendell Felder in Ward 7 Council Race

by Sam P.K. Collins May 17, 2024May 17, 2024

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks during a press conference on Sept. 12. She has declared a public emergency over busloads of migrants. (Jacques Benovil/The Washington Informer)

Mayor Bowser Attacks School Budget Accountability

by Sam P.K. Collins April 23, 2024April 23, 2024

**FILE** The D.C. Council chamber at the John A. Wilson Building in D.C. (Courtesy of dccouncil.us)

EDITORIAL: Everyday People Want to Be Involved in Politics, But Leaders Can’t Ignore Citizens’ Time Constraints

by WI Editorial Staff March 6, 2024March 6, 2024