RECIPIENT OF THE DC BLACK MBA ASSOCIATION 2023 LEGACY AWARD
Serving Our Community in the DMV
Vol 60 No 40
July 17 - 23, 2025
Capture the Moment Page 43
In First Reading, D.C. Council Approves Slightly Different Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Debate Continues around Revenue Generation, Initiatives 82 and 83, Housing Preservation By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer With the Ward 8 seat still vacant, the D.C. Council inched closer to finalizing a Fiscal Year 2026 budget that restores more than $100 million in programming cuts proposed by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D). Some advocates, however, say this budget doesn’t go far
2026 BUDGET Page 48
Residents Rally to Save Anacostia Community Museum
5Former D.C. council member Trayon White thanks his supporters and issued a call for unity on the night of July 15 after results showed him commanding the lead in the Ward 8 D.C. Council special election. (Coutesy Photo)
Split Votes, Anti-Council Sentiment Fuel White’s Special Election Victory By Sam P.K. Collins, Will Armstead, Trevor Johnson and Ve Wright WI Staff Writer & WI Interns
With two-thirds of the votes counted, former D.C. Council member Trayon White has all but been officially declared the winner of the special election spurred by his expulsion from the legislative body earlier this year.
By James Wright WI Staff Writer 5Washingtonians are working to preserve the Anacostia Community Museum, after announcements that it was zeroed out of federal funding because of the reduction in the budget of Smithsonian museums. (WI File Photo/ Robert R. Roberts)
More than an hour after the polls closed on Tuesday night, several dozen people from White’s camp, and that of Sheila Bunn’s, spilled out of the building occupied by Players Lounge and Andy’s Lounge, and onto the sidewalk along Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue in Congress Heights. In what’s either a coincidence, or a show of unity, both candidates hosted their campaign watch party in the same venue, with Bunn’s function occupying Players Lounge on the first floor bar, and White’s event taking place on the top floor
ELECTION Page 48
5The D.C. Council is inching closer to finalizing the Fiscal Year 2026 budget that restores more than $100 million in programming cuts proposed by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser. The second reading and final vote is scheduled for July 28. (WI File Photo/Ja’Mon Jackson)
Crystal Overby knew that her son wanted to obtain a Boys Scouts merit badge in art, and he needed to go to a museum to fulfill one of the requirements for the achievement.
MUSEUM Page 34
Metrobus Riders Weigh In on WMATA’s ‘Better Bus Network’
New Letters, New Routes: Some Riders Struggle With, Compliment System Revamp By Sam P.K. Collins and Maven McGann WI Staff Writer and WI Intern During the latter part of June, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (WMATA) rolled out a revamp of the
BUS Page 11
5The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) bus, formerly known as the A4, which rode along several main thoroughfares throughout Southeast, D.C., is now consolidated into the C11. The C bus line stands for crosstown. (WI File Photo/Shedrick Pelt)
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