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.

Only a handful of states currently exempt diapers from sales taxes, which advocates say can be a small but significant cost-saver for low-income families.

And there’s speculation that a store is coming to the District.

The sales tax will be applied tomorrow.

The “yoga tax” and more.

A lower sales tax, more library hours and a cheaper SmarTrip are coming on Tuesday.

Two members of the D.C. Council say they have a play to end homelessness throughout the city, possibly within a decade.

The famous cupcakery is getting a visit from the taxman.

A pair of bills making their way through Congress would force online retailers to charge sales taxes, providing a boon to local government coffers.

On the same day this week that a 30-day comment period for new rules on the city’s food trucks closes, a D.C. Council committee will mark-up legislation that would force the city’s increasingly popular four-wheeled vendors to pay sales taxes.