Mayor Vincent Gray

A healthy dose of skepticism between the Council and the Mayor’s Office is good but the relationship doesn’t always have to be adversarial and acrimonious. A big question is what role the...
Former Washington, D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams has accepted the job as the new chief executive officer and executive director of the Federal City Council, an...
In a well-crafted and well-delivered speech, Mayor Vincent Gray says the city has finally ascended to a fiscal vigor that is the envy of other mayors and laid out his vision for an even greater...
Can you image a party on State-of-the-Union night in Washington where the rule of the event was that politics are off the table?  That was the directive for Tuesday night’s 60th...
Capitol Hill’s many constituencies -- federal, District and community -- turned out for the opening of the Hill Center on Saturday.  The federal side was represented by the Marine Color...
Lionell Thomas, a resident of Ward 5, is the new executive director of the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, replacing outgoing interim director Ayris Scales. He recently served as...
Georgetown University students led by ANC Commissioner Jake Sticka will propose that Mayor Vincent Gray hold a town-hall meeting for university students when he visits the Georgetown ANC Monday night...
Knowledgeable folks around the District's city hall are saying that a major problem with Mayor Vincent Gray’s office is there is no “go-to” person there to get things done....
The resignation of embattled Alcohol Beverage Control Board Chairman Charles Brodsky offers a welcome opening for Mayor Vincent Gray to use his appointment powers to recast this key...
A phalanx of Broadway stars lit up the sold-out fundraising gala for the Covenant House Washington Thursday night at THEARC’s acoustically perfect theater in Anacostia.  (Photo by:...