DCFPI Welcomes Shira Markoff as New Director of Economic Policy
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 24, 2025
DCFPI Welcomes Shira Markoff as New Director of Economic Policy
Five Misunderstandings About the Congressional Bill to Protect the District’s Budget
By Tazra Mitchell • March 21, 2025 • Revenue & Budget
Unless the US House takes action, DC will be forced to cut $1 billion from its current budget, in an attack on residents’ fundamental right to self-govern.
Washington, DC, Region Braces for ‘Devastating’ Cuts from Congress
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 14, 2025
Local leaders are raising alarms about a stopgap measure in Congress that would trigger a $1 billion budget shortfall for the city, and impact the wider Virginia and Maryland region.
D.C.’s homeless may get moved, but the problem isn’t going away
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 14, 2025
Clearing encampments takes the homeless out of sight but not out of mind or off the city’s hands. As the DC Fiscal Policy Institute has noted, the District has one of the highest rates of homelessness in the country. You might not know that, given the lack […]
Wilson Building Bulletin: D.C.’s busted budget
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 14, 2025
In a quarterly revenue estimate released on February 28, that’s how the city’s independent chief financial officer, Glen Lee, described the likely outcome later this year of President Trump’s slash-and-burn approach to the federal workforce, with D.C. […]
DC Mayor Re-ups Call for Statehood as Trump Threatens Takeover
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 14, 2025
“There are ripple effects that we won’t really be able to fully account for in the immediate term,” said Erica Williams, executive director of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute. Less spending across the region “can put pressure on our budget and our […]
Department of Education directs schools to end diversity programs, threatens to pull funding
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 14, 2025
The Department of Education (DoE) sent a letter last week directing federally-funded institutions no longer to consider race and diversity in admissions, hiring and scholarship decisions, among other things.
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Delays in Implementation of Housing Vouchers Need to Be Addressed
By Kate Coventry • March 13, 2025 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
District leaders must treat these implementation delays seriously because they have real costs for the individuals experiencing them, such as not knowing where they’re going to spend the night and struggling to receive needed services like medical treatment […]
Joint Statement from DC Fiscal Policy Institute, The Commonwealth Institute (of Virginia), and the Maryland Center for Economic Policy on the Federal Continuing Resolution
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 12, 2025 • Revenue & Budget
The US Senate is set to vote Thursday on a continuing resolution for federal appropriations with a poison pill provision for the District that would force over $1 billion in cuts from its fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget, halfway through the year.
Congress Set to Force $1 Billion in Spending Cuts for DC
By Tazra Mitchell • March 10, 2025 • Revenue & Budget
The US House of Representatives will vote Tuesday on a federal spending bill that could cut $1 billion from DC’s budget halfway into the fiscal year, likely leading to immediate and wide-ranging cuts to public safety, schools, and other critical programs, […]
