Erica Williams, the executive director of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, called the bill “an extreme act of federal interference in local affairs.”
Behind the statistics lie individual narratives of resilience, adaptation, and aspiration that shape the diversity of and strengthen Washington, DC.
DCFPI Welcomes Shira Markoff as New Director of Economic Policy
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.
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 […]
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. […]
“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 […]
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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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.
