In today’s rundown: The head of D.C.’s HIV/AIDS administration abruptly resigns. | D.C.’s emergency family shelter is at full capacity. | A strong showing for women politicians in yesterday’s primaries.
— The director of D.C.’s HIV/AIDS administration has abruptly resigned. Shannon Hader headed the HIV/AIDS administration for three years, becoming the longest-serving director in almost a decade. She’s credited with turning around an agency that was once called “dysfunctional bordering on comical” by one city official. According to this article in the Washington Post, “Hader’s resignation is effective July 15, days after she is schedule to return from personal leave to undergo unspecified surgery.
— The emergency family shelter at D.C. General is at full capacity, reports Washington City Paper. By the end of last month, the shelter was housing 134 families and 246 children. The capacity has been set at 135 families. One man who has been living there for months with his family tells the paper that the air conditioning system doesn’t work, trash is piling up and there’s a flea infestation. Click her for more, including how the city handled the situation when the shelter became overcrowded in March.
— Women politicians had a strong showing in primaries held in a dozen states yesterday. California Republicans put two women at the top of the GOP ticket for the first time, nominating Carly Fiorina for Senate and Meg Whitman for governor. State Rep. Nikki Haley moved closer to her goal of becoming South Carolina’s first woman governor. In Arkansas, Sen. Blanche Lincoln beat her Democratic primary challenger in a runoff. In Nevada, the Tea Party-backed candidate Sharron Angle moved into position to face Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the fall. Currently, Congress is 14 percent female and there are six women governors.
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