The program will cover the tuition, books, licensing, and living costs for local students pursuing a master’s in social work.

The bill from At-large councilmember Robert White follows separate legislation aimed at crime reduction from Brooke Pinto.

Rent-stabilized apartments will see historic hikes this year after a housing agency nixed stopgap plans.

What’s up with those unconventional middle names that some D.C. candidates are using? And Robert White has 10,000 problems — and jobs is one of them.

Four of the candidates clashed over issues including homelessness and police in schools.

The heart of the mayoral candidate’s plan is 10,000 new government jobs, a significant increase in the size of the city’s workforce. It would cost $1.5 billion a year.

At-large Councilmember and mayoral candidate Robert White challenged the validity of nearly 3,000 of Trayon White’s ballot signatures, which could have knocked him out of the running in June’s mayoral primary.

“Our best tool for preventing crime is violence interrupters,” says White, arguing that Mayor Muriel Bowser hasn’t invested enough in the approach.

This is the first election cycle where mayoral candidates will have access to public financing, and all three major contenders have said they will take it.

“I’m running,” said White in a comment on an Instagram post, using the same social media that has often got him in trouble to announce his political ambitions.