At a Monday forum on the DC Council Chairman and At-Large races, an important question arose from the audience: Why hasn’t the District enforced the Living Wage Act and First Source? A recent DC Auditor’s report highlighted shortcomings in both […]
On Monday, the DC Council’s Committee on Government Operations and the Environment held a hearing on a proposal to open wide the doors of District government. The Open Government bill is needed to make public policy in our city more transparent and […]
A few weeks ago during the FY 2011 budget debate, fiscal austerity was the DC Council mantra. Yet several items on today’s legislative agenda suggest that some legislators have already changed their tune. In fact, one of the bills being considered […]
If you sat through the June 24th hearing of the DC Council Finance Committee, you might have thought the city was flush with money. The committee heard testimony on more than a dozen bills to give tax breaks to a variety of projects, from affordable housing […]
The Council’s Legislative Meeting has been rescheduled to next week, but there are still a number roundtables to keep an eye on this week.
Defeat Poverty DC is a coalition of organizations and residents in the District of Columbia working to bring greater focus during the 2010 election season and beyond to the damaging effects of poverty on our entire city. The District’s longâ€term […]