Like everywhere else where the Mega Millions game is played, D.C. has a case of lottery fever ahead of tonight's drawing for a record-busting $540 million jackpot. more ›

An armored car full of money traveling on Interstate 270 in Maryland this morning was not secured properly, allowing a "snow globe of cash" to spill onto the roadway. more ›

Former Ward 5 councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. is paying back the money he stole from D.C.—albeit slowly. more ›

Disgraced former Ward 5 councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. stole over $350,000 from the District, and it doesn't look like the city will be getting that back anytime soon. more ›

When it comes to financing their campaigns, incumbents in D.C. are pulling further and further away from their challengers. more ›

While the great majority of the District's money is kept outside of local banks, that could eventually change. more ›

A Ward 5 ANC is getting back some of the money that was stolen from it by a member earlier this year. more ›

In the District, candidates for elected office spend time and money in the hopes of winning a position that comes with a paycheck, sometimes a hefty one. But for one candidate in the 2012 races, it seems that money's no expense -- and for a position that's fully unpaid. more ›

D.C. Shorts, the annual film festival devoted to short-form programming, announced earlier today what its founder hopes will be the first of several fundraising efforts to finance the 10th edition of the series in fall 2012. more ›

The incumbents again raised the most money leading into the 2012 election year, with Councilmember Vincent Orange (D-At Large) leading the charge with $105,000 raised and Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) collecting $71,500 in his uncontested race to remain on the council beyond the two decades he's served so far. 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 ›

Constituent Services Funds exist to allow D.C. councilmembers to help constituents in times of need. The problem is that the funds aren't really being used for that. 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 ›

Remember last week, when the Washington Post reported that Pepco had received several million dollars more in federal tax credits over the past few years than it had paid in taxes? more ›

This morning, D.C. Attorney General Irvin B. Nathan announced that the city had come to a $6 million settlement with contractors who were renovating the Georgetown Public Library when a fire crippled the building on April 30, 2007. more ›

It sure has been a rough couple of years for Pepco. Or has it? more ›

Taiwanese animators: apparently unfamiliar with the Height Act. more ›

Today, the D.C. Council took another step towards clarifying how much senior officials in the District's government can get paid. During a council session this morning, Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) discussed legislation that would limit D.C. agency heads to a $179,096 yearly salary. more ›

One time, a friend of mine told me a story about this time he lost his keys. more ›

This morning, the WMATA Board of Directors is spending a good chunk of time discussing potential alterations to the system's complicated fare structure. more ›

After suffering so much public humiliation during his utter failure of a lawsuit against the Washington City Paper, one can understand R******* owner Dan Snyder needing to lick his wounds. Now, he can do so on a 224-foot superyacht! more ›

During a press conference held earlier today outside the Lincoln Theatre, the financially-strapped venue's board of directors unleashed several criticisms. Perhaps the loudest were about Mayor Vince Gray, who they claimed was refusing to take a meeting with them regarding the theater's funding situation. more ›

Representatives from the Lincoln Theatre's board of directors made their case in front of the historic theater this afternoon: without a $500,000 boost in operational funds from the city at the beginning of the 2012 fiscal year, they would likely be forced to close at the end of the year. more ›

In other, somewhat less obvious budget gap-related news: the District Department of Motor Vehicles will be raising rates on some transactions, including fees for residential parking permits and change of address requests. more ›

Earlier this week, we reported that the Office of Campaign Finance's interpretation of laws regarding donations to partisan organizations by Councilmembers clashed with a complaint made by the D.C. GOP, which argued such donations were against regulations. But that doesn't mean that OCF won't be proceeding with an investigation. more ›

Last week, the D.C. GOP filed a complaint with the D.C. Office of Campaign Finance claiming that 10 of the 13 members of the D.C. Council had broken city regulations by steering money from their Constituent Service Funds to partisan organizations. It looks like some of the accused may be off the hook, though. more ›

Yesterday, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority admitted that it needs more money to build the second phase of the planned Metro extension to Dulles International Airport. more ›

Originally, the District's Department of Motor Vehicles -- currently offering amnesty from late fees to those with long-outstanding tickets -- was going to stop honoring requests from residents curious about whether they had tickets that would qualify for amnesty today. But the agency has announced that, given the success of the program so far, they'll extend the free research service through September 9. more ›

J. Wellington Wimpy would be proud: word is that Z-Burger will be handing out free hamburgers to customers on days after the Dow Jones Industrial Average loses 500 points or more. more ›