A new poll finds the move is popular across the city, including in affluent areas.

The findings also indicate broad support for increasing taxes on wealthy Washingtonians.

The sales tax would increase from 5.75 percent of 6 percent.

A new report by the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute reveals a widening wage gap between D.C.’s low and high-earning workers.

The District’s jobless rate creeped down one tenth of one percent last month, lowering the local unemployment rate to 8.5 percent, according to figures released today by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

D.C.’s charter schools aren’t only growing faster than traditional public schools, but they’re also showing bigger improvements in citywide standardized tests.

The District’s unemployment rate has been trickling steadily downward for much of the past two years. But, according to the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, not everyone is enjoying the growth in job numbers.

D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson has said that closing 20 schools will help the system better spend its limited resources, but a new report casts doubt on that claim.

More people in D.C. are poor than in 2008-2009, and fewer residents are getting health insurance through their employer.

After the D.C. Council gave its unanimous consent to advance a bill that will give daily deal giant LivingSocial a $32.5 million tax abatement, the company’s spokesman said it has every intention of living up to its end of the bargain.