RECIPIENT OF THE DC BLACK MBA ASSOCIATION 2023 LEGACY AWARD
Serving Our Community in the DMV
Vol 60 No 21
In Economic Downturn, Mayor Bowser Posits Football Stadium as a Catalyst
The Collins Council Report: A Bereaved Mom Seeks Answers By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer NOTE: This edition of The Washington Informer’s Collins Council Report doesn’t follow the usual format due to what unfolded at the end of the D.C. Council’s March 4 legislative meeting. Read and see.
By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
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March 6 - 12, 2025
Councilmember Henderson on the Path to Solidifying Title IX Protections
Skepticism Abound about Whether D.C. Can Do it All on RFK Campus
For the better part of a week, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) stood before District residents at budget forums across the District, articulating her vision of a city that weathers a Trump-induced downturn with investments in education, public safety and economic growth. As it relates to economic growth, Bowser has identified RFK campus in Ward 7 as that catalyst, telling residents that, with D.C.’s chief financial officer recently predicting a revenue decrease of nearly $1 billion over the next
Capture the Moment Page 41
Throughout much of the D.C. Council’s recent legislative meeting, Karen Hylton sat quietly in council chambers as council members weighed in on a bevy of issues, including the extension of nighttime hours for estab5D.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 File Photo)
COUNCIL Page 11
D.C. Area Residents Participate in Target Boycott
Braveboy Holds Early Lead in County Executive Primary, Adams-Stafford Ahead in District 5
Retail Chain Embraces Anti-DEI Policies By Stacy M. Brown, James Wright and Richard Elliott WI Senior Writer, WI Staff Writer and WI Contributing Writer
Candidates’ Campaign Paths, Priorities to Tackle By Richard Elliott WI Contributing Reporter
In a heated Democratic primary, voters have made their decision about who they hope will succeed now Senator Angela Alsobrooks’ (D) in leading one of America’s wealthiest Black counties, and the person they want to fill the District 5 Prince George’s County Council seat. While voters waited in long lines even after the 8 p.m.
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5State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy is projected to be the next Prince George’s county executive after winning the Democratic primary on March 4. (WI File Photo/ Anthony Tilghman)
5Shortly after the end of the March 4 D.C. Council meeting, Karen Hylton approaches the dais, commands the legislative body’s attention and questions, for several minutes, why the council didn’t respond, or try to prevent, Metropolitan Police Department’s reinstatement of the officers convicted for their role in the death of her son, Karon Hylton-Brown. (Sam P.K. Collins/ Washington Informer)
5 A Target shopping center on Connecticut Avenue in Northwest, D.C., on Feb. 28–the same day the nationwide Target boycott began as a result of the company’s decision to cut diversity, equity and inclusion programs. (Richard Elliott/ The Washington Informer)
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Shavonne Jecmenic needed to go shopping for a few groceries and toiletries on Feb. 28, so she went to the Target store located two blocks from the DC USA Mall in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Northwest, Washington. The Target had a small number of people
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