A city task force wants more than $50 million to be given to child care workers this year as the first step in increasing their pay in the long term.

The $17.5 billion budget funnels money to housing, homeless services, and schools, and trims police spending in favor of programs to stem gun violence.

The proposal would give low-income kids in D.C. up to $1,000 a year until their 18th birthday, which advocates say would give them a chance to pay for college, buy a house or start a business.

D.C. is getting more than $2.5 billion in federal aid, which Mayor Muriel Bowser says she plans to spend over the next three years.

That D.C.’s population was 23,000 people less than last year’s estimate could mean the city takes a hit on federal funding, but it’s still too early to say whether that will certainly happen.

A flood of federal aid and better-than-expected property and income tax collection left D.C. with more than half-a-billion dollars in leftover money last year, catching many lawmakers off guard.

Gig workers and freelancers are now eligible for unemployment benefits, but applying has been confusing. Here are answers to gig workers’ common questions about collecting benefits in Maryland, D.C. and Virginia.

The only place worse than D.C., by a very narrow margin, is Hawaii, where folks give up an average of 14.8 percent for tips.

D.C. also has more than triple the number of journalism-related projects than the national average.

The adjusted value of a Ben Franklin in the District is $84.67, according to the Tax Foundation,