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The conversations Mayor Muriel Bowser canceled were an opportunity for legislators to ask specific questions about Bowser’s COVID-19 response

In a statement Friday night, a schools spokesman said, “D.C. Public Schools greatly values the contributions of our substitute teachers, who provide critical support to our schools and joyful learning experiences to our students. We’re working expeditiously to resolve a delay in implementing the recent pay increases and provide retroactive pay to those affected.”

Criminal justice advocates favor Christina Henderson's bill, which reforms record sealing and expungement laws beyond Bowser's recommended measures.

Proposal to create public park instead of halfway house in Ward 7 fails by wide margin.

Cora Masters Barry organized the “Don’t Miss Your Shot” event after seeing the differences in vaccination rates across the city. Councilmember Christina Henderson stopped by at the beginning of this event.

On today's podcast, I interview DC Councilmember Christina Henderson. Christina is a dedicated public servant and education policy advocate, with deep experience in, and passion for, promoting more equitable outcomes in DC and nationwide.

The first four bills that the councilmember introduced focus on health care, schools, and workers. One bill, titled the Maternal Health Resources and Access Act, would create a pilot program where Medicaid would pay for doula services; study the feasibility of creating a birth center east of the Anacostia River (where there are none); and subsidize transportation to maternal health appointments.

If the District were a state, it could fix its shot problem. Christina Henderson, brought the matter up at that afternoon’s council meeting. “When our neighbors arrive for a scheduled appointment,” she later told me, “they deserve to be met with a safe, organized, and professional process.”

Residents of wealthy, mostly White areas still get shots at more than twice the rates in poorer, mostly Black areas.

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CEO of Planned Parenthood Metro Washington Laura Meyers blames the disparity on “centuries of systemic racism and lack of investment in Black communities.” Planned Parenthood Metro Washington supports the bill.

D.C. plans to pay several thousand high schoolers this summer to attend class as part of the city’s plan to combat learning loss during the pandemic.