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Vol. 57, No. 26 • April 14 - 20, 2022
Key Endorsements, Signature Challenges Dominate Current D.C. Political Campaigns James Wright WI Staff Writer
5 The Washington Informer ushers in Easter with egg balloon floats during the National Cherry Blossom Festival parade on April 9 in Northwest. The parade will be televised on Easter Sunday, April 17 at 1 p.m. on ABC and again at 8 p.m. on WJLA. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
Several candidates seeking office for both District mayor and attorney general have received endorsements and/or challenges as they seek to engage voters for the June 21 primary. On June 21, District voters will go to the polls to nominate candidates for D.C. delegate, mayor, D.C. Council chairman, at-large party candidates for council and for councilmembers for Wards 1, 3, 5 and 6. The winners in the primary races will compete in the November 8 general election for their respective positions. While all offices remain important, most eyes seem focused on who will emerge victorious as the next mayor and attorney general in the Democratic primary showdown. Robert White, a D.C. Democratic at-large councilmember and a mayoral candidate in the primary, continues to attract voters,
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Howard Nurses Call for Safety, Adequate Pay in their Strike
D.C. Statehood Allies Angry About No Role in Jackson’s Approval James Wright WI Staff Writer
Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
D.C. statehood advocates aren’t happy that District native Ketanji Brown Jackson ascended to the U.S. Supreme Court last week while city residents had no voice or vote regarding her U.S. Senate confirmation. “District of Columbia residents take great pride in seeing Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed by the Senate to the Supreme Court,” said D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, noting Jackson’s bipartisan 53-47 approval for the nation’s highest court. “Jackson, who was born in the District, lives in the District and was a public defender in the District, is
Throughout much of Monday, a multitude of nurses conducted a strike and picketed outside of Howard University Hospital [HUH] in the latest round of ongoing efforts to secure a contract that addresses concerns about adequate pay, nurse-patient ratio and on-the-ground conditions. The one-day strike, coordinated by the DC Nurses Association [DCNA], attracted nearly 200 nurses, many of whom wore blue scrubs and belted chants about safety and equal pay throughout much of the day. HUH nurses and their supporters held up signs in front of the hospital and along Georgia Avenue calling for the fulfillment of their demands.
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5 Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson delivers celebratory speech at the White House April 8. (Courtesy photo/Nyah Marshall/HUNS)
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