Streetcar to Georgetown Kaput
• January 23, 2020

The project was not included in any of the District Department of Transportation’s 2020 budget requests in a 600-plus-page document DDOT submitted to the District Council this week.

Ward 2’s Jack Evans to Resign Jan. 17; Special Election June 16
• January 7, 2020

A lengthy investigation by a law firm hired by the Council found Evans to have committed 11 ethical violations. On Jan. 7, Evans turned over a letter of resignation to Council Chair Phil Mendelson.

At Thankgiving, All Is Quiet on the Evans Front
• November 25, 2019

Another Council meeting with Evans is scheduled for December. Meantime, a majority of the Council has proposed that Evans resign, but the Council has not so far moved or indicated that it might oust him.

Calls Mount for Evans to Resign
• November 7, 2019

Ordered up by the Council, the O’Melveny & Myers report is said to include allegations that Evans was paid thousands of dollars by private clients for services that constituted conflicts of interest.

Chamber’s Orange Promotes What Makes D.C. Special
• September 30, 2019

CEO Vincent Orange radiates confidence, looking forward to fall events, notably the Chamber’s Choice Awards & Gala on Oct. 26.

Evans Slapped With $20,000 Fine by D.C. Ethics Board
• August 9, 2019

Anyone who thought things had quieted down in the ethics controversy surrounding Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans was mistaken.

Evans’s Challenges Mount; Putta Announces
• June 27, 2019

Effective June 27, Jack Evans resigned from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority board. The latest challenger for his Council seat: Kishan Putta.

Arts and Humanities Director Defends Mayor’s Plan
• May 20, 2019

The proposed plan would restructure the commission into a new Department of Arts and Humanities, giving the mayor direct authority over the arts commission and expanding its mission to include cosmetology and culinary arts.

Ward 2 Council Member Jack Evans Reprimanded
• March 21, 2019

A Council reprimand is not without precedent; the late longtime mayor and Ward 8 Council member Marion Barry and Ward 1 Council member Jim Graham were both reprimanded.

Initiative 77 Pros, Cons Face D.C. Council
• September 17, 2018

Today is the day! Monday, Sept 17, the proponents and opponents of Initiative #77 — the so-called Fair Wage Act — face off in front of Washington DC’s city council […]