Virginia's wine industry -- the territory of such luminaries as Donald Trump -- is booming. 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 ›

Is the honeymoon between Ward 3 D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh and Mayor Vince Gray finally coming to an end? It appears possible after Cheh sharply criticized Gray for not signing a bill she authored that would have delayed a tax on municipal bonds. more ›

If you're the holder of one (or several) of the thousands of unpaid parking tickets issued by the District of Columbia before January 1, 2010, you can pay it (or them) without any late fees starting today. more ›

Drivers owe the District of Columbia over $245 million in unpaid parking tickets. The city would really like to get some of that money back, naturally. So beginning August 1, the city's Department of Motor Vehicles will be suspending penalties on outstanding tickets to encourage people to pay up. more ›

Here's a New York Times report about the failure of the Congress to extend the bill to keep the Federal Aviation Administration afloat, which, in turn, is hitting air travelers hard in the pocket. But one particular line in the story caught my eye. more ›

Most people would say that fiscal policy isn't made overnight, but the D.C. Council seems to think otherwise. more ›

The city government must be torn. On the one hand, far fewer drivers appear to be breaking the law than they believed. On the other, they really could have used the extra revenue from such bad behavior. more ›

When the D.C. Council voted to approve the city's 2012 budget, they were banking on a revenue increase which had yet to be announced by the city's Office of the Chief Financial Officer. At a breakfast meeting with Councilmembers this morning, D.C. CFO Natwar Gandhi let the cat out of the bag: the District will be able to add an extra $77.2 million to next year's budget, while an additional $107.1 million will be applied to the current fiscal year. more ›

The federal government has a whole bunch of properties -- at least 12,000 -- they they're looking to offload in order to raise $15 billion. How many of those properties are inside Washington proper? Well, considering the amount of the District that belongs to the government, not too many. more ›

Get ready to gamble, D.C.: a measure allowing the D.C. Lottery to administer online "games of skill and games of chance" -- passed by the D.C. Council as part of an adjustment to the fiscal year 2011 budget in December -- has now officially made it through the 30-day Congressional review period and will soon be placed on the books. more ›

UPDATE (2:30 p.m.): The AP has expanded on their original wire dispatch, including some more detail on the number of bags used in D.C. last year. Jessica Gresko reports that the city used approximately 55 million bags in 2010, which is still an incredible decrease from the 270 million bags a year Washington shoppers were using before the tax's introduction. more ›

In case you haven't been paying attention to the ins and outs of the D.C. Council's recently passed FY 2010 budget, here are some of the highlights. Also see Tim Craig, Gary Emerling and Michael Neibauer for more coverage. more ›