Mediate on the $$$ next time you’re surrounded by shrieking school children at the Lincoln Memorial.

National parks in D.C. saw 34,286,073 visitors in total that year, bringing the total economic benefit to $596.7 million.

Maryland residents would be hit hard by tax increases if the U.S. goes over the fiscal cliff.

Mayor Vince Gray met with shadow campaign conspirator Jeanne Clarke Harris in January, reports the Post.

A draft House spending bill has cut $53 million in 2013 funds for the Eisenhower Memorial Commission, signaling more troubles for the controversial Frank Gehry-designed memorial.

A Senate spending bill for D.C. passed yesterday does not include a controversial ban on the use of local funds for abortions.

Another year, another Republican-led measure that forbids D.C. from spending its own money on abortions for low-income women.

With the federal government expected to enact spending cuts in the near future, D.C. is preparing for life outside of the federal bubble.

When the District is short on cash, its leaders tend to places freezes on hiring and travel. Mayor Vince Gray just did the same.

I’m not one for hyperbole, but here goes — the Republican plan to cut billions of dollars in spending, including $210 million for the District, could well sink the city into a financial mess that it couldn’t quickly emerge from.