After All That, Council Passes $22-Billion Budget    
• August 4, 2025

After months of agony, weeks of heated discussions and two hot (literally and physically) days of considering last-minute amendments (some on issues believed to be long resolved), the Council of […]

Let’s Get to Yes: Bring the Commanders Home
• July 31, 2025

We’re on the one-yard line … almost there. Signs read, “Now or never” and “Don’t fumble the future.” The vote is tomorrow. Mayor Bowser and the District Council have a […]

Jack Evans Gets Another D.C. Job
• March 17, 2025

Former Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans got another job in the D.C. government — this time, it’s as a housing and development project manager for the Department of Housing […]

Catching Up With Ward 2 Council Member Brooke Pinto  
• October 21, 2024

District Council member Brooke Pinto has been representing Georgetown and Ward 2 since June of 2020. A 2017 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, the 32-year-old Pinto is the youngest […]

Mayor’s Crime Bill, ACT Now, Seeks to Curb Violence, Retail Theft, Drug-dealing
• October 23, 2023

The unrelenting increase in crime in Washington, D.C. — particularly homicides, gun violence, carjacking and mass retail robberies —  has all the usually contentious District Council and Office of the Mayor clearly […]

Q&A Cafe: Jack Evans Made One Thing Perfectly Clear
• April 6, 2023

The monthly Q&A Cafe lunch program at the George Town Club is produced and directed by, and features, longtime CBS News producer Carol Joynt, who interviews top newsmakers and those-in-the-know […]

New D.C. Laws Face Congressional Disapproval Today
• February 6, 2023

Two new D.C. laws, passed by the Council of the District of Columbia last year, are facing a joint Congressional committee hearing today in a little-used process known as “a […]

Mayor Bowser: Please Veto the Non-Citizen Voting Bill  
• November 9, 2022

On Oct. 19, the Council of the District of Columbia voted 12-1 to allow all non-citizens residing in Washington, D.C., for more than 30 days to vote in elections. That would include […]

Exclusive Interview: Meet Republican Council Candidate Guiseppe Niosi
• October 31, 2022

D.C.’s general election will be held Nov. 8. In Ward 2, along with incumbent Mayor Muriel Bowser (endorsed by The Georgetowner), who is considered a shoe-in over her three rivals, […]

Opinion: The Coming D.C. Financial Crisis 
• October 3, 2022

Editor’s note: From time to time The Georgetowner selects to run guest columns on issues of concern to our readers. We have decided to run this opinion piece by Jack […]