DC Budget

IN THE past two years, there have been five different proposals affecting the commercial tax rate in the District. Two became law, and if the D.C. Council goes along with Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s plans for a higher rate to fund next year’s…

Anyone who lived through the District’s financial crisis in the 1990s knows it was the kind of calamity this city must avoid repeating. I watched the event unfold from my perch on The Post’s editorial board, where we opined nonstop about…

The District government will see almost no revenue growth this fiscal year as a result of a slowing economy and the 35-day federal government shutdown that ended Jan. 25, according to a new report by Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey S.…

WASHINGTON — D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson will pull from Tuesday’s Council agenda the vote on a resolution targeting the mayor’s plan to divert funding from Fort Dupont Ice Arena renovations.

The nation’s capital is now peak hockeytown, right?

The Washington Capitals, team owner Ted Leonsis, and the NHL kicked off a half-a-million-dollar fundraising campaign over the weekend—to which they collectively gave $300,000—to help pay for a modernization and expansion of the Fort Dupont…

Despite D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s (D) claim, there is no reason for the District to take funds already appropriated to build a new ice rink at Fort Dupont Ice Arena to address school repairs.

Supporters of D.C.’s only full-sized public ice rink are mounting a campaign against Mayor Muriel Bowser’s plan to take funds meant for a full renovation of the facility and use them instead for emergency fixes on 21 D.C. schools,…

WASHINGTON — The Fort Dupont Ice Arena in Southeast, D.C. and its nationally recognized "kids on ice" program is in jeopardy after the Mayor Muriel Bowser pulled out of a deal to invest $25 million on the property.

An end to the partial U.S. government shutdown is finally in sight—at least a temporary one—but the longest government closure in American history has already done major damage to the local economy. On Friday morning, D.C. government and…

As we collectively utter, “I can’t believe this year is almost over,” it’s worth looking back at all that happened and start to think about our hopes and goals for the coming year.

A key challenge facing the District is how to manage growth — more people and new development — in a way that benefits everyone rather than causing displacement and homelessness and widening D.C.’s racial inequities.

Thanks to the District’s growing economy, the city is collecting a lot more tax revenue this year than expected, creating an immediate opportunity to meet some of the city’s most urgent needs, like housing and schools. This is a chance to…