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Blog
3 Takeaways from Mayor Bowser’s Budget: Some Big Investments, Some Key Misses
By Erica Williams • June 2, 2021 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Tazra Mitchell, DCFPI Policy Director, at the Public Hearing for Tax Proposals to Build Wealth Equity in the District’s Post- Covid-19 Economic Recovery DC Council Committee on Economic and Business Economic Development
By Tazra Mitchell • June 1, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
Five Ways the Mayor’s Budget Can Advance an Antiracist, Equitable Future
By Erica Williams • May 26, 2021 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Qubilah Huddleston, Education Policy Analyst at the Joint Public Oversight Hearing on the District’s Public Education System After the COVID-19 Pandemic DC Council Special Committee on COVID-10 Pandemic Recovery
By Qubilah Huddleston • May 26, 2021 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget
Blog
American Rescue Plan Presents a Once in a Lifetime Opportunity to Tackle Homelessness
By Kate Coventry • May 25, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry, Senior Policy Analyst at the Public Oversight Hearing on An Equitable End to Safety Net Protections Put in Place During the COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery, DC Council Special Committee on COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery
By Kate Coventry • May 21, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Health Equity / Homelessness
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry, Senior Policy Analyst at the Public Hearing for the Committee on Housing and Executive Administration Hearing on the Fair Tenant Screening Act of 2021.
By Kate Coventry • May 20, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Fact Sheets
Taxing the Wealthy in DC: A Matter of Racial Justice
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 19, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
Three Things We Know About the Mayor’s Education Budget So Far
By Qubilah Huddleston • May 10, 2021 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget
Blog
Advocates’ Letter to Mayor Bowser: American Rescue Plan Offers DC a Down Payment on a Just Recovery and Future
By Tazra Mitchell, Kate Coventry and Heather Lavoie • May 7, 2021 • Revenue & Budget
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Blog
At First Vote, Council Budget Leaves Vulnerable Residents’ Lives Hanging in the Balance
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 16, 2025 • Revenue & Budget
Blog
Double Standard of Evidence for Economic Development Incentives Comes at the Expense of Residents’ Wellbeing and a Stronger Economy
By Shira Markoff • July 14, 2025 • Revenue & Budget
Press Release
Michael Richardson Joins DCFPI’s Board of Directors
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 9, 2025
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
Investments in Child Care Support Inclusive Economic Growth
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