Featured Publications & Resources
Blog
If a Surplus is Found, Council Should Fill in Budget Gaps
By Ed Lazere • May 26, 2015 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
Most DC Residents Support Modest Sales Tax Increase To Fund Important Services, Poll Shows
By Soumya Bhat • May 21, 2015 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimomy of Ed Lazere at the Budget Oversight Hearing for The Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Support Act Before the DC Council Committee of the Whole, May 8, 2015
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 8, 2015 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support / Taxes
Blog
Mayor Bowser Does a Lot with a Lean Budget But It May Not Work Again Next Year
By Wes Rivers • April 30, 2015 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
A Modest Sales Tax Change Will Support Important Initiatives to Help Vulnerable DC Residents
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • April 8, 2015 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
Mayor Bowser Will Need to Find More Revenue to Avoid Deep Cuts in Services
By Ed Lazere • March 10, 2015 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
DC Leaders Deserve Credit for Keeping Taxes Down For Low-Income Residents
By Ed Lazere • January 21, 2015 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
Reducing Inequality, Increasing Opportunities for DC Residents: Recommendations to the New Mayor and DC Council
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • January 5, 2015 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Health Equity / Inclusive Economy / Income & Poverty / Jobs & Training / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support / Taxes
Blog
When Being Last is Okay: DC Residents Pay the Lowest Taxes in the Region
By Ed Lazere • December 17, 2014 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
DC’s Minimum Wage and Earned Income Tax Credit Go Hand-in-Hand in Making Work Pay
By Soumya Bhat • September 3, 2014 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
All Publications & Resources
Press Release
Statement on Final Passage of Federal Budget Reconciliation Bill
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 3, 2025
Press Release
Leaders of Direct Service, Anti-Poverty Organizations in Letter to DC Council: “We are Deeply Alarmed by Proposed Budget”
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 1, 2025
Testimony
The Council Must Fund Childcare in DC
By Anne Gunderson • June 17, 2025 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Press Release
Trump’s Military Parade Another Imposition on District Residents
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 17, 2025
In The News
Bowser Budget Proposal Would Scale Back Health Care for Immigrants, Others
The Washington Post • June 16, 2025
In The News
Bowser's budget would avoid tax hikes, move 25K DC residents off Medicaid
NBC News Washington • June 16, 2025
Testimony
The DC Budget Needs to Equitably Grow the Economy
By Shira Markoff • June 12, 2025 • Revenue & Budget
