The money will come from a tax increase on wealthy households the D.C. Council approved last year.

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.

Pepco’s CEO is doing quite well for himself, if you’re wondering.

Curious what certain federal government employees make? Now it’s easy to find out.

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.

I made a brief note of this Capital Business story in today’s morning’s roundup. But upon further consideration, I felt it necessary to highlight that the guy who runs Discovery Communications made $42.6 million last year.