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Employees Reveal the Frenetic Conditions of Working in Understaffed Restaurants
Washington City Paper • July 15, 2021 • Budget / Jobs & Training
Blog
What’s in the Comprehensive Cannabis Legalization and Regulation Act of 2021?
By Doni Crawford • April 20, 2021 • Economic Development / Jobs & Training
Testimony
Testimony of Doni Crawford for the Judiciary and Public Safety Hearing on the Record Expungement Simplification to Offer Relief and Equity Amendment Act of 2021
By Doni Crawford • April 15, 2021 • Affordable Housing / Jobs & Training
Press Release
DCFPI Urges Lawmakers to Introduce Cannabis Policy That Brings Justice to Black and Brown Communities
By Gail Zuagar • February 16, 2021 • Economic Development / Jobs & Training
Blog
New Report: First in Line
By Doni Crawford • February 16, 2021 • Economic Development / Jobs & Training
In The News
Workers report new problems claiming unemployment in the District
Street Sense Media • January 28, 2021 • Income & Poverty / Jobs & Training
In The News
D.C. Council OKs Bill to Ease Barriers for Job Seekers with Criminal Records
The Washington Informer • December 21, 2020 • Jobs & Training
Testimony
Testimony of Doni Crawford at the Public Hearing on the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act of 2020, Committee on Government Operations
By Doni Crawford • November 18, 2020 • Jobs & Training
Blog
DC Council Budget Moves in the Right Direction, Some Major Shortcomings Remain
By Kate Coventry, Doni Crawford, Eliana Golding, Qubilah Huddleston, Tazra Mitchell and Alyssa Noth • July 9, 2020 • Budget / Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Economic Development / Health Care / Homelessness / Income & Poverty / Jobs & Training
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In The News
In D.C., A New Tax Measure Could Help Eradicate Poverty — If Residents Take Advantage Of It
DCist • July 22, 2021 • Budget / Income & Poverty
Press Release
Statement from the DC Fiscal Policy Institute: DC Council’s Budget Takes Big Step in Ensuring a Just Recovery and Future
By Erica Williams • July 21, 2021 • Budget / Taxes
In The News
Vigil honors Jose Navarro and 42 other individuals who died on D.C. streets in 2021
Street Sense Media • July 21, 2021 • Homelessness
In The News
Excluded Workers Rallied Against Another Exclusion Before the Council Budget Vote
Washington City Paper • July 21, 2021 • Budget / Income & Poverty
In The News
Chairman Mendelson’s Newsletter on Raising Taxes, Annotated
Washington City Paper • July 20, 2021 • Budget / Taxes
Blog
A Modest Tax Increase Won't Drive Out High-Income Residents or Small Businesses
By Tazra Mitchell • July 19, 2021 • Budget / Taxes
In The News
Erica Williams and Kimberly Perry: By balancing the tax code, we can fund a just recovery
The DC Line • July 19, 2021 • Budget / Taxes
In The News
Ahead of DC Council’s first 2022 budget vote, a look at some of the changes sought by committee chairs
The DC Line • July 19, 2021 • Budget
Blog
Work to Advance Racial Equity in the Budget Is Incomplete
By Doni Crawford • July 16, 2021 • Budget
Blog
The Latest Plan for Increased Child Care Educator Pay Offers Too Little, Too Late
By Heather Lavoie • July 15, 2021 • Budget / Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
