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    Jan 13

    Big news: After 23 years, will be stepping away from his daily duties as host of The Kojo Nnamdi Show in early April. (1/6)

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  2. 2 hours ago

    "My all-time favorite book is 'Little Women,' which I used to read over and over, as a kid, until I had parts of it memorized." - Author Hena Khan on the book that inspired her to write "More To The Story," about four Muslim American sisters

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  3. 3 hours ago

    "As I got further in my career, basketball became a way of kicking down a door that had been closed to Black people." joined us to discuss the life & legacy of John Thompson.

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  4. 5 hours ago

    "While we share a lot folks' disappointment that legalization of possession is not getting enacted this year as we advocated for, we're going to keep fighting to move that date up as soon as possible. So we end the arrests." - 's Erik Altieri

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  5. 18 hours ago

    . Steuart Pittman opposes Maryland's plan to add a third span to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. "I am not sure that that's the best use of $7-10 billion. I would've loved to see the state put in the Red Line coming in and out of Baltimore instead."

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  6. 19 hours ago

    D.C. officials announced that a new vaccine pre-registration system will launch next week, but haven't selected a vendor to create it. weighed in on The Politics Hour. "It's just not acceptable ... This stuff needs to be settled now."

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  7. 20 hours ago

    "My campaign manager, when I was running, said 'Steuart, stop talking about the horse thing. People don't like being compared to horses.'" - Steuart Pittman, who has a background in horse training

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    It would have 300 beds for men. One of the largest in the country, according to the federal Bureau of Prisons.

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  9. 24 hours ago

    "We only have two full-service grocery stores in the entirety of Ward 7 ... We need to have full service grocery stores. When we talk about health, it's a part of health." -

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  10. 24 hours ago

    . doesn't support a halfway house in Ward 7: "I think it's too large." Gray says the District have other economic plans for the area.

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  11. 24 hours ago

    "I'm excited about the fact that we have the chance to create a real health care system that people can go to in their own neighborhoods." - on bringing urgent care centers and a hospital to Wards 7 and 8

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  12. 24 hours ago

    . says an urgent care center will be completed this year east of the Anacostia River, and a hospital by 2024. He says that the pandemic hasn't slowed the process to build the hospital.

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  13. 24 hours ago

    . says he'll support 's bill regulating marijuana in the District.

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  14. Mar 5

    "It appears that some of the same problems that we experienced previously occurred again this morning" - on issues with this morning's vaccine registration in D.C.

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  15. Mar 5

    LIVE: Joining us now is . What happened with this morning's online vaccine registration? And when will the District select a vendor for its forthcoming vaccine portal expected to launch next week?

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  16. Mar 5

    . Steuart Pittman on the state's plan to add another span to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge: "I'm not sure that's the best use of $7-10 billion ... For now, we can get by with the two spans that we have."

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  17. Mar 5

    "We're near the bottom in terms of number of vaccines from the state. We can't control that." - Steuart Pittman

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  18. Mar 5

    "I need to show this wasn't a one-time thing, that our county's changing." Steuart Pittman says he's planning on running again in 2022, although he has not formally announced.

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  19. Mar 5

    LIVE: It's The Politics Hour starring . Steuart Pittman joins us now to talk about COVID-19, Anne Arundel County's vaccine rollout and more. What questions do you have for him?

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  20. Mar 5

    District officials say they'll unveil a vaccine pre-registration system next week. But D.C. still hasn't selected a vendor to create the online system. We'll hear from at 12:30.

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  21. Mar 5

    . Steuart Pittman wants more flexibility in how Anne Arundel County can set its income taxes. Maryland legislators are considering a bill that would give local jurisdictions that ability. More at noon.

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