Recently, we’ve fielded lots of good questions about the District’s revenues, like: How much revenue has DC lost during the recession? Which programs are proposed to be cut in the FY 2011 budget? Which services should we include in a sales tax expansion? To […]
The crushing national recession has brought hardship to many DC families. Unemployment has more than doubled over the past two years and public needs are rising dramatically — but the District has fewer resources to meet those needs because revenues […]
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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 […]