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D.C. Government Reports Progress on Sustainable DC Plan

by WI Web Staff August 28, 2024August 28, 2024

**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

D.C. Public Charter School Board Executive Director Dr. Michelle J. Walker-Davis (Courtesy photo)

Public Charter School Board Strikes Down Friendship-Eagle Academy Deal

by Sam P.K. Collins August 20, 2024August 20, 2024

D.C. Councilmember Trayon White Faces Federal Bribery Charges

by Sam P.K. Collins August 19, 2024August 19, 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

Conditions at St. Elizabeths East Test Resident-Property Manager Relations

by Sam P.K. Collins August 16, 2024August 19, 2024

**FILE** After D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb filed a lawsuit against Arise Virtual Solutions, Inc., the company has agreed to pay $3 million to District workers due to them being deprived minimum wage, overtime and paid sick leave. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

IHG Management LLC to Pay Over $186,000 in Settlement Over Wage Violations at Former Moon Rabbit Restaurant

by Stacy M. Brown August 15, 2024August 15, 2024

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 Admin Officials Tour Ward 8 Black Businesses

by James Wright Jr. August 14, 2024August 19, 2024

After the funeral service for her father, community leader Joseph Bowser, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, her mother Joan Bowser and other family members exit St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, behind the casket. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Joe Bowser: A Community Leader Who Loved the City Beyond the Monuments

by Hamil R. Harris August 14, 2024August 14, 2024

During Black August, members of the Black radical left spend the entire month raising awareness about the women and men of the Black Power Era, and work to free the Black political prisoners such as Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, who has been incarcerated since 2002. (Courtesy of Change.org)

Organizers Raise Jamil Al-Amin’s Name During Black August

by Sam P.K. Collins August 14, 2024August 14, 2024