Ovetta Wiggins
Reporter at The Washington Post
Writer/journalist. Former reporter at @washingtonpost Alum: Philadelphia Inquirer, Bergen Record
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Jan 1, 2024 |
phillytrib.com | Ovetta Wiggins
Tawanda Jones’s big brother looks just as she remembers him in the faded photo she has carried to so many protests. Flashing a broad smile and sporting shoulder-length locs, on this July day he hangs from the microphone stand over bold black letters: “STRANGLED DURING RESTRAINT.
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Dec 28, 2023 |
washingtonpost.com | Nicole Asbury |Valerie Strauss |Ovetta Wiggins
CommentSaveMontgomery County schools leaders are worried. Their school system — Maryland’s largest, with about 160,000 students — is trying to comply with a state mandate to expand prekindergarten. It needs help from private providers, but nowhere near enough have signed up. The county fears it will end up violating the requirements of theBlueprint for Maryland’s Future, a landmark education reform law.
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Dec 27, 2023 |
msn.com | Ovetta Wiggins
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Dec 27, 2023 |
washingtonpost.com | Ovetta Wiggins
Tawanda Jones has refused to let her brother’s name fade, waging an enduring fight for a criminal investigation that only now seems like a possibilityDecember 28, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. ESTTawanda Jones speaks about her brother Tyrone West during the 10th anniversary of his death at the hands of police officers on July 18, in Baltimore.
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Dec 25, 2023 |
washingtonpost.com | Erin Cox |Ovetta Wiggins
CommentSaveMaryland lawmakers grappling with multibillion-dollar budget shortfalls are weighing proposals to tax the rich. Levying a “millionaire’s tax,” targeting capital gains income from stock market earnings and broadening the estate tax are among many variedideas under consideration to raise money for transportation and education, according to several leading Democratic lawmakers. “Everything is broadly on the table,” said Senate Budget and Taxation Committee Chair Guy Guzzone (D-Howard).
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