2020 Budget

In my budget certification letter, I state that the fiscal 2020 to 2023 budget and financial plan are balanced. I stand by that statement.

D.C. Auditor Kathy Patterson delivered a critically important message to the public the other day.

In a bid to win back riders who have fled the system in droves, Metro plans to add some rail service this summer without raising fares and does not plan any significant service cuts.

In Mayor Muriel Bowser’s second inaugural address in January, she announced an ambitious goal: create 36,000 new housing units in the District of Columbia by 2025. She is the first government official in our region to commit to an…

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser is proposing a small increase in the police department’s half-billion-dollar budget for the coming fiscal year, which includes money to hire additional officers to help confront the rising number of homicides.

The D.C. official in charge of auditing government programs launched an unusual attack on the mayor’s proposed budget Monday, saying it is “not fiscally responsible” and could lead to the kind of spending that prompted a federal takeover…

When the D.C. Council was set to vote on a bill legalizing sports betting late last year, Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) added a sweetener to ensure its passage: the majority of the tax revenue taken in by the city would be evenly…

District planners have long envisioned how to redesign K Street NW — one of the city’s premier business addresses — from a sea of traffic to an iconic boulevard where buses breeze through the downtown of the nation’s capital on their own…

Unemployment is low, property values are high and downtown restaurants cater to a lunchtime crowd interested in $28 hamburgers. The local economy in the nation’s capital shows few outward signs of stress.

The effort to bring down the sky-high costs of child care in D.C. is getting a partial boost in Mayor Muriel Bowser’s budget for the upcoming year.

New budget proposal includes funding for additional transportation infrastructure and Vision Zero

Frosty lovers in Northeast D.C. may soon need to go beyond so-called Dave Thomas Circle to get their fix, but neighborhood groups are rejoicing at a particular nugget in Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed budget: $35 million over six years to…

Mayor Muriel Bowser addressed several transportation issues in the 2020 budget she presented on Wednesday. Among her priorities: More bike lane enforcement, fixing ‘Dave Thomas Circle’ and an expansion of the Circulator.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Wednesday proposed a 2020 budget that would pump additional dollars into affordable housing by raising taxes on commercial property owners, setting up a showdown with a city council that wanted to cut…

Diapers will soon be a bit cheaper for parents in D.C.