Proponents say the $309 million contract to upgrade D.C.’s streetlights will be a win-win, but critics say the proposed partnership with the private sector is riskier than advertised.

W.S. Jenks & Son on Bladensburg Road NE has received two PPP loans over the course of the pandemic to help cover its payroll.

A D.C. man registered “Anything’s Pawsable” as one of about a dozen fake company names he used to bilk the Small Business Administration out of more than $2 million, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Well-heeled consulting companies, law firms, and nonprofit organizations received interest-free government loans, records show.

Congress is better liked than Miley Cyrus, Vladamir Putin, Anthony Weiner, the Ebola virus, Charles Manson, Lindsay Lohan, Honey Boo Boo, heroin, Syria and twerking.