The Republican nominee for Virginia governor says the commonwealth has the money to cut taxes. But implementing them might pose a political challenge.

A new tax increase on wealthy D.C. households will bring in more than $100 million in 2022 — a portion of which will fund new housing programs.

Shops and cafeterias in federal buildings are exempt from D.C.’s sales and restaurant taxes, which city officials say is unfair to local businesses.

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.

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.

Before the pandemic, D.C. almost doubled in size every weekday with the influx of office workers. City officials are now wondering what the future might look like if they don’t all come back.

In 2019, parking enforcement alone cost drivers in D.C. $122 million. Last year, in the midst of the pandemic, it dropped to $62 million.

Are you a Maryland driver? Then there’s a good chance you owe D.C. money!

D.C. wrote 1.8 million parking tickets last year, up 200,000 from the year prior.