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How DC’s ward boundaries might change. ... “The key question before the subcommittee was how to grow wards 7 and 8, ... Accept Navy Yard from Ward 6. The proposed map is below.
In almost every ward, residents whose homes might be redistricted into other wards have raised objections. A committee of three at-large council members held weeks of hearings, then approved a map ...
DC's council advances proposal to ... if finalized in a follow-up vote set for Dec. 21, would bring the boundaries of Wards 7 and 8 further ... there's just simply no map that you can put ...
D.C. opened 10 new Families First Success Centers on Wednesday in Wards 7 and 8 in some of the city’s lowest income areas to help them weather the COVID-19 pandemic and meet their goals.. The ...
Elissa Silverman (I-At Large), who chairs the council committee tasked with redrawing the map, said almost every single email she has received from residents of any ward asks that their home not ...
Ward 7 and at-large D.C. Council seats are contested, while Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is projected to win her 18th term. Plus, Initiative 83 could change how future elections are conducted . In ...
The median household income between 2011 and 2015 in Ward 7 was about $39,000. It’s even lower in Ward 8. In the Ward 3, the median household income was more than two-and-a-half times the income ...
WASHINGTON DC (7News) — Ten candidates are competing for a rare open seat on the DC Council after current Ward 7 Councilmember and former mayor Vince Gray announced he would not seek re-election ...
WASHINGTON (7News) — Former D.C. Mayor and current Ward 7 Councilmember Vince Gray announced Wednesday that he will not seek re-election in 2024. The announcement came as the D.C. Council ...
According to data that DC Health Matters collected, Ward 7 is 92 percent Black or African American with a median household income of $42,201. Ward 8 is 97 precent Black or African American with a ...