Arts
Arena Stage’s Death on the Nile Is Sumptuous, “Fusty” Fun
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 […]
Mayor, D.C. Council Mark 20th Anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks
September 11, 2021
•Eleven Washingtonians Who Lost Their Lives Honored by District Officials; DCPS Children and Teachers Among Those Memorialized From the Office of the Mayor, Sept. 11: Mayor Muriel Bowser joined members of […]
Bowser: $100 Million to Help Retail, Restaurants, Hotels, Entertainment
November 19, 2020
•Announced on Nov. 18, the Bridge Fund is a $100-million investment in businesses and workers in D.C.’s hospitality, entertainment and retail sectors.
COVID-19 Update: D.C. Deaths Hit 24; Emergency Measures Planned
April 6, 2020
•Mayor Muriel Bowser and District Council Chairman Phil Mendelson discussed “tough choices,” such as a hiring and pay freeze for most of D.C. government and a $600-million budget cut.