A proposal for D.C. bars to stay open for an extra hour on weekdays and weekends was voted down by a D.C. Council committee this afternoon, though extended hours for liquor stores were approved. more ›

Today the D.C. Council voted down a proposal that would have repaid D.C. workers for four furlough days they took last year. more ›

PETA has jumped on a Baltimore proposal to sells ads on fire trucks by offering to brand them with steamy ads promoting vegan lifestyles. more ›

The Dulles Rail project is overbudget, WTOP reports. The first phase of the project, scheduled to be completed next year, is going to need more than the nearly $2.8 billion originally laid out. more ›

If Virginia's legislators can't come to some sort of agreement soon, the Old Dominion's government may well face the prospect of a shutdown. more ›

In the coming weeks Metro's Board of Directors will gather to finalize a proposed set of fare increases that will take effect this summer, but a new budget document to be presented this week hints that the increases may be less than what was originally expected. more ›

Mayor Vince Gray again wants to see professional athletes pay taxes on money they make while playing in D.C. more ›

With the federal government expected to enact spending cuts in the near future, D.C. is preparing for life outside of the federal bubble. more ›

A proposal by Mayor Vince Gray to extend bar and liquor store hours is facing some skepticism from members of the D.C. Council, threatening the $5.3 million in revenue it has promised to pour into city coffers next year. more ›

The Virginia Senate yesterday passed an $85 billion two-year budget funding schools, roads and other infrastructure. But an amendment that would have helped women pay for newly mandated ultrasounds was defeated. more ›

Famed modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was born on this day 126 years ago, but his birthday celebration won't be worth much locally. more ›

As part of his 2013 budget, Mayor Vince Gray has proposed a number of transit-related initiatives—including a 50-cent surcharge on all taxicab rides, more speed cameras and more efficient parking enforcement officers. more ›

As part of his 2013 budget rolled out today, Mayor Vince Gray proposed that hours for liquor sales at bars, restaurants and stores be extended. more ›

After being chipped away at for the past few years, the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities is getting a bump in Mayor Vince Gray's budget for the 2013 fiscal year to as much as $7.6 million. more ›

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton wasted little time in denouncing the budget proposal laid out today by House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) as a document that could lead to a government shutdown more ›

A group of activists milled about outside the Wilson Building this morning urging elected officials to raise funding for the District's social safety-net programs in the coming budget for fiscal year 2013. more ›

A popular program that allows D.C. public school students to receive tuition for private school education has had its funding cut under President Obama's 2013 budget. more ›

President Obama has included language in his 2013 federal budget that would allow the District to spend its own money when and how it wants. more ›

Mayor Vince Gray is running around Lower Manhattan today visiting all three major credit-rating agencies, lobbying for an increase in the District's municipal bond ratings, which have been unchanged since 2009. more ›

Metro's Board of Directors agreed yesterday to set dates for public hearings on a slate of fare hikes that could see the cost of just entering the system at peak hours rise from $1.95 to $2.10 and the maximum cost for a trip jump from $5.00 to $5.75. more ›

It was a rough year for government support of the arts in 2011. Federal and local governments scaled back their funding, in some cases forcing cultural institutions to make significant programming cuts. more ›

Four D.C. voting rights protestors, including the organizer of a week-old hunger strike, were arrested on Capitol Hill during a rally against anti-abortion language in a federal budget resolution. more ›

Well, damn it. Despite Martin Austermuhle's protestations yesterday, the federal government still looks like it's creeping toward running out of cash and going into shutdown mode. Hooray. Bad news for D.C. more ›

It's Wednesday, and Congress has yet to finalize and vote on an omnibus federal spending plan. You know what that means -- if something isn't done by Friday, the federal government could shut down, taking with it the District's government. more ›

The three protesters that launched a hunger strike yesterday for D.C. voting right and self-determination are planning on trying to meet with Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) today, in hopes of having him introduce a clean bill granting the District budgetary autonomy. more ›

When the District is short on cash, its leaders tend to places freezes on hiring and travel. Mayor Vince Gray just did the same. more ›

Taxi cab rates aren't the only thing that could be trending upward at some point over the next year. more ›

What have all the additional police, sanitation and traffic enforcement officers used in connection with Occupy DC cost the District? Almost $1 million, so far. more ›

Today, D.C. leadership stated that they "regret" they cannot support Rep. Darrell Issa's (R-CA) proposal to afford the city more budgetary control at the expense of abortion funding. more ›

Would you give up some autonomy to get some autonomy? That's a question District officials may soon have to answer. more ›