DC’s unemployment numbers are beginning to reflect the harm of the cuts to the federal government. The District’s unemployment rate rose to 5.8 percent in April 2025 from 5.3 percent just a few months ago in December 2024, according to BLS data.
Just as DC is set to enter a local recession and Congress is advancing historic cuts to health coverage and food assistance, Mayor Bowser proposed a fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget and financial plan that abandons residents with the fewest resources to fend for […]
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DC lawmakers need a balanced approach to the recession that includes raising revenue to minimize budget cuts
The US House Budget Committee punted on a vote today to very literally take from people who are poor to give to the rich—a plan which, if successful, will do massive damage to the health and well-being of people, communities, and economies all across the […]
Mayor Bowser’s new economic agenda funnels more than $1 billion to the corporate class and doubles down on ineffective strategies while stripping away legal protections for tenants and wages for workers.
Congressional Republicans and the Trump administration are pushing harsh cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Medicaid, and other programs, to pay for massive tax cuts for the wealthiest 1 percent. The cuts could be in the form of […]
This week, Moody’s Ratings downgraded slightly DC’s triple A bond status. In the face of federal threats and slowing revenue growth, DC lawmakers should make use of a key policy tool well within their control—the ability to raise revenue.
An estimated 44.7 percent of District renters are “rent burdened,” meaning they pay more than 30 percent of their gross income to rent according to one-year estimates from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS). Rent burden among renters […]
More than 140,000 residents of the District of Columbia are at risk of not having enough to eat if the proposals in Congress to make substantial cuts to the nation’s primary food assistance program are not defeated.
