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Celebrating 58 Years - Vol. 58, No. 31 • May 18-24, 2023
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Bowser Proposes Legislation to Strengthen Response to Violent Crime Residents Express Apprehension about Detaining Alleged Offenders By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
5 D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) submitted the Safer, Stronger DC legislation on Tuesday, May 16, after the D.C. Council’s first vote on the fiscal year 2024 budget. The legislation increases penalties for unlawful gun possession and better allows judges to detain convicted violent offenders who receive new charges, among other provisions. (Shedrick Pelt/ The Washington Informer)
Talbert Street Homeowners Who Become Renters
Less than a week after her public safety summit, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced the introduction of legislation intended to address public safety concerns and increase penalties for adult and youth-involved crimes. The legislation, dubbed “Safer, Stronger DC,” increases penalties for unlawful gun possession and better allows judges to detain convicted violent offenders who receive new charges. It also includes victims' families in decisions about offenders’ early prison release. Bowser revealed Safer, Stronger DC on Monday in
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D.C.’s HBCUs Hold Graduations Spanning Generations Howard U. Hosts Octogenarian Biden, UDC Hears from Gen Z Frost
By Austin R. Cooper, Jr. Managing Editor, Our House
Sam Collins and James Wright WI Staff Writers
Grandview Condominium homeowners who purchased properties at 1652 Talbert in Southeast are stressed out, angry, disappointed, and tired. They want justice from the D.C. government, which determined their homes were uninhabitable and required them to look for places to live elsewhere. Most of the 46 owners are now renters, yet
Washington, D.C. 's two HBCUs sponsored graduation ceremonies were blocks apart on May 13, but their keynote speakers reflected the generations of political leadership in the country. President Joseph Biden, 80, addressed a record 1,852 graduating class at Howard University’s commencement exercises at Capital One Arena in Northwest. Simultaneously, the University of the District of Columbia’s (UDC) 796 graduates heard from U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.), the first member of Generation Z to serve in the U.S. Congress at the Walter E. Washington Con-
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5Resident Norika Hill in front of her uninhabitable home. (Ja’Mon Jackson/ The Washington Informer)
vention Center in Northwest. The Howard ceremony was originally scheduled to take place on the campus but was changed due to concerns about inclement weather. Both Biden and Frost received honorary doctorate degrees and talked about the importance of fighting white supremacy and urged African Americans and other people of color to get involved in the political process.
HU GRADUATION Page 27 5 President Biden addresses the Howard University Class of 2023 in front of a packed Capital One Arena in Northwest. (Rob Roberts/The Washington Informer)
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