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The DC Council continues its budget oversight hearings and DCFPI and the DC Alliance of Youth Advocates sponsor a budget briefing on the Children Youth Investment Trust Corporation.
On Tuesday, the DC Council took a big step to help jobless DC residents get more assistance — a move that also will allow the District to receive critical federal dollars during these tough economic times. It’s a clear win-win situation.
It is rare that tax incentives end up having the effect they are intended to. The Earned Income Tax Credit — a tax benefit for the working poor — is one of them. That’s why it is unfortunate that Mayor Fenty’s budget would scale […]
While many of the changes coming from national health care legislation will not be implemented for several years, the District is taking advantage of an opportunity to opt-in early to one key part. The early opt-in will improve health care for thousands of DC […]
Want to understand how Mayor Fenty proposes to close the $500 million budget gap? Curious where the major cuts are in each agency? Interested in how the city’s safety net is impacted, and whether there are cuts to programs such as child care or […]
You may not think that a hearing on the Exemptions and Abatements Information Requirements Act would draw a big crowd. But this week, a diverse group of organizations and residents — including the DC Fiscal Policy Institute — came out to testify […]