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Vol. 57, No. 25 • April 7 - 13, 2022
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Veteran News Anchor Bruce Johnson Suffers Fatal Heart Attack Dominated District Airwaves on WUSA9 for More Than Four Decades Hamil R. Harris WI Contributing Writer D. Kevin McNeir WI Senior Editor
5 Veteran television anchorman Chester Bruce Johnson. (Courtesy photo)
Chester Bruce Johnson, a veteran television anchorman in the Greater Washington Area and trusted voice on WUSA9 for more than four decades, died of a heart attack Sunday, April 3 in Delaware at the age of 71. Johnson displayed passion, creativity, street savvy and tenacity throughout his career. And while he earned multiple awards for delivering breaking news, he set the bar for producing innovative news segments that both
Advisory Neighborhood Commission Redistricting Not Without Drama James Wright WI Staff Writer
The redrawing of the District’s advisory neighborhood commission and single-member district boundaries has moved out of the hands of the residents who participated in ward task forces and into those of the city council but now without political drama. “I thought the process was tough but I learned a lot,” said Marla Dean, a member of the Ward 7 redistricting task force. “We had representatives on our task force from every section of the ward. There were changes because
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With Support from Three Republicans, Jackson’s Seat on High Court Assured Confirmation ‘Historic’ but there’s still some ‘Emptiness’ for Voiceless District
Ward 7 added a new section, parts of Ward 6, and there was a great deal of discussion about that but we stayed focused on the goal of drawing lines for the ward.” The 2020 census revealed two of the District’s eight wards, Wards 7 and 8, had to significantly redraw their boundaries in the fall because of the need to add more residents so that each ward had roughly the same number of residents. In January, the process began to redraw the commission and district boundaries in each ward by D.C. councilmember-appointed mem-
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challenged and debunked long-held stereotypes about members of the Black community. Even after retiring on December 31, 2020, he continued to share his gift as a storyteller committed to uncovering and reporting the truth, even if it meant breaking with the status quo. Free from the demands of dayto-day assignments, he maintained his passion as a journalist, completing three books, mentoring young reporters and accepting on air projects which he often produced from his home. Johnson was born in Louisville, June 5, 1950. He graduated in 1973
Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, said aloud on Monday what many may have thought about the Supreme Court nomination hearings where Republicans verbally lynched Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. “Judge Jackson is a better person than me,” Durbin said. As the committee advanced Jackson’s nomination and with three Republicans
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