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From left: Former D.C. first lady Cora Masters Barry, Ben's Chili Bowl co-founder and owner Virginia Ali, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, former Democratic National Committee Chairman Donna Brazile and JMA Solutions founder and owner Jan Adams participate in a panel discussion hosted by Norton in celebration of Women’s History Month at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 19. (Robert Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Female Icons Talk Success on Capitol Hill

by James Wright Jr.March 20, 2019October 31, 2020

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser delivers her fifth State of the District Address before hundreds of people at the University of the District of Columbia on March 18. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Bowser: ‘State of the District is Strong’

by James Wright Jr.March 20, 2019October 31, 2020

Alyssa Burgos (right), an eighth-grader at Holy Redeemer, was the winner of the 2019 Prince George’s County Spelling Bee while Shree Ruttala, a seventh-grader at Hyattsville Middle School, came in second at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park on March 15. (Brigette White/The Washington Informer)

Education, Prince George's County

Persistent Eighth-Grader Wins WI Prince George’s Spelling Bee

by James Wright Jr.March 20, 2019October 31, 2020

Northeast residents go to D.C. Superior Court to stop the building of a fire station in their residential neighborhood. (Courtesy of Michele Tingling-Clemmons)

Ward 7 Residents Lose Court Battle over Fire Station

by James Wright Jr.March 20, 2019October 31, 2020

Attorney William P. Lightfoot (Courtesy photo/koonz.com)

D.C. Courts Face Turf, Judicial Woes

by James Wright Jr.March 20, 2019October 31, 2020

Deborah Evans-Bailey, mother of murder victim Kendra Smith, asks about the long list of outstanding murders in the District of Columbia, and when will some of them be solved during a community forum in northeast D.C. on March 11. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Gray, Newsham Urge Ward 7 to Proactively Fight Crime

by James Wright Jr.March 13, 2019October 31, 2020

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser presents a proclamation to Vernon Davis naming March 12 as "Vernon Davis Day," honoring his contributions to the community at Truesdale Education Campus in northwest D.C. (Brigette White/The Washington Informer)

Community, Sports

D.C. Celebrates ‘Vernon Davis Day’

by James Wright Jr.March 13, 2019October 31, 2020

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Norton Rated Best Democrat — Then Shows Why

by James Wright Jr.March 13, 2019October 31, 2020

Bowser Talks Housing at League of Cities Gathering

by James Wright Jr.March 13, 2019October 31, 2020

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam talks about how he was raised during an interview in the Governor's Mansion February 09, 2019 in Richmond, VA. He and Attorney General Mark R. Herring have admitted to using blackface in the past. And, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax denies sexually assaulting two women. (Photo by Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Fauntroy, Pratt Discuss Virginia’s Political Turmoil

by James Wright Jr.March 13, 2019October 31, 2020