DC Council to hear emergency legislation that would boost pay for childcare workers
WJLA • October 10, 2024
“We need to be protecting the Pay Equity Fund as if our economy depends on it, because it absolutely does,” Gunderson said.
New report exposes DC police using arrests and tickets to score revenue for the District
The Real News • September 11, 2024
Michael Johnson, Jr. of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute joins Rattling the Bars to discuss this eye-opening report, “The Hidden Cost of Justice.”
D.C.’s plan to add 500 shelter beds by the end of 2028
Street Sense • July 31, 2024
“We’re at really high capacity, and that’s concerning because we likely will have another heat wave,” Kate Coventry, deputy director of legislative strategy for the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute and a voting member of ICH, said in an interview.
The Council Saved Pay Raises for Child Care Workers. But Another Battle with the CFO Forced Painful Cuts.
Washington City Paper • July 2, 2024
“We really have to stop picking apart this program and playing with the salaries, healthcare, and livelihoods of the women who teach and care for our children,” says Anne Gunderson, an education policy analyst at the DC Fiscal Policy Institute.
DC reparations bill for descendants of slaves advances in City Council
DC News Now • June 27, 2024
“If we want to fund reparations, we have to tax wealth,” Mitchell said. “[It’s] made possible due to centuries of discrimination and anti-Black oppression.”
D.C.’s 2025 Budget Is the Worst on Housing Issues in a Decade, Advocates Say. What Happens Now?
Washington City Paper • June 14, 2024
“This is the worst budget for housing since the mayor became the mayor,” says Kate Coventry, deputy director of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute and a longtime housing wonk.
D.C. Experimented With Giving Childcare Workers Big Raises. The Project May Not Last.
Ms. Magazine • May 30, 2024
“It’s one piece of a larger law and larger suite of investments meant to support the whole child,” said Anne Gunderson, a senior policy analyst at the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute.
‘Mayor Bowser, you’re being disrespectful’: Parents and child care workers rally in DC
WTOP • May 6, 2024
“Now the mayor’s trying to tell us that the pay equity fund is too expensive, while pouring our tax dollars into big businesses downtown,” Anne Gunderson with the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute said.
Monday Morning QB – April 15, 2024
WPFW 89.3 • April 18, 2024
“Sales taxes are regressive, and what that means for folks who are listening, is that it asks more as a share of income from folks with lower incomes and moderate incomes than it does of folks with higher incomes.”
D.C. mayor’s fiscal plan raises eyebrows over potential harm to minority youth
AFRO News • April 9, 2024
“The mayor’s budget takes an ax to the transformative investments—like the Pay Equity Fund—that D.C. has invested in in recent years, prioritizing the wealthy business sector and police force over investments in D.C. residents struggling to get by,” […]