Making it easier to build more, smaller houses would bring down home prices and help bring back the starter home. Here’s how.

This year, Mayor Muriel Bowser asked the DC Council for $856 million in public funds to subsidize a new Commanders stadium. We think the real price paid by taxpayers will be more like…$6 billion.

Over the break, our staff and board are sharing their favorite posts from this year, GGWash Picks, in case you missed them the first time around. See you in 2026! During the holidays while GGWash’s ...

Washingtonians in 1860 could take trains directly to Baltimore and from there to Philadelphia, Harrisburg, or the trans-Appalachian West. A journey from Alexandria to Richmond, however, required a ...

Nonprofit renovates vacant homes in southwest Baltimore. Downtown DC office building hits foreclosure. Apartment building proposed in Vienna’s MetroWest.

Rail took a while to reach Northern Virginia. The railroad first reached Washington, DC in 1835, but it would be another twenty-six years before the line was extended across the Potomac.

From pushing for Maryland housing targets, to spearheading the Week Without Driving, securing zoning reform in Montgomery County, and opposing the RFK Stadium deal, and so much testimony in so many ...

Opinion: Transit and walkability are not luxuries for young people; they are necessities that enable our ability to access ...

Housing features in Spanberger’s affordability plan for Virginia. DC Council looks for answers after loss of affordable housing assistance. Road safety upgrades planned after fatal Kensington crash.

Opinion: Here’s what several projects and plans reveal about the Washington region’s vision for transit in the coming decades.

Transit solutions needed for new Commanders stadium. High costs leave mixed-use path over Chesapeake Bay Bridge in doubt. East Falls Church Metro to get 20 new bike racks.

Behind every GGWash blog post, advocacy action alert, and event, there’s…a budget spreadsheet. Our executive director Chelsea Allinger dives into our 2026 financial outlook to explain what it takes to ...