D.C.-area residents have some of the highest student loan debt in the nation.

The longtime family-owned restaurant could join over a dozen downtown businesses that have shuttered during the pandemic.

50% of newly food insecure D.C. residents identified as Hispanic, while only 16% reported experiencing food insecurity before the pandemic.

Only D.C. and two states currently prohibit a driver from renewing their license if they owe the government money — including unpaid parking and traffic tickets. There’s a push to change that.

If you don’t count mortgages, the average debt in D.C. is $15,896.

Over one-quarter of D.C. residents have student loan debt.

If you’ve got $12,538 just lying around, D.C. could probably use it: that’s what every D.C. resident owes towards paying down the city’s $7.9 billion debt.

A day short of the end of an amnesty program under which drivers with two-year-old tickets can pay up without the usual penalties, Virginia and Maryland drivers remain in arrears to the District for hundreds of millions of dollars.

Councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. (D-Ward 5) may make $125,000 a year as a member of the D.C. Council, but not much of that is staying in his bank account.

For anyone who has followed the path of Chef Roberto Donna, today’s WaPo story by Tim Carman about Donna’s extensive financial management issues should come as no surprise.