In its first budget vote yesterday, the DC Council met the urgency of the moment by raising taxes on DC’s wealthiest to make ongoing, transformative investments in child care, homelessness prevention, and working residents.
Eighty percent of DC voters support raising taxes on incomes above $250,000 a year to support the District’s long-term economic recovery, a new poll from the DC Fiscal Policy Institute and DC Action shows.
The DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI) is the grateful recipient of a $100,000 Challenge Grant from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) and made possible with support from the Sandler Family Foundation.
This year’s budget is a historic opportunity to repair the damage done by the COVID-19 crisis and to ‘build back better,’ especially for Black and brown residents, who have borne the brunt of the harm.
This is a tragic loss, and the aftershocks will continue to be felt by all of us who advocate for and serve the District’s students and families.
Erica Williams has been named Executive Director of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI), the organization’s Board of Directors announced today.
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The District built up $1.4 billion in reserves, but restrictive rules leave $1.2 billion of that impossible or difficult to use to help residents and businesses struggling in the pandemic, according to a new analysis entitled, “The COVID-19 Recession is […]
DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson’s reckless move to cut $4 million from mental health services during a public health and economic crisis is wildly inappropriate.
