By directing adequate resources to schools and implementing sound budgeting practices, the District can help ensure that all students have what they need to succeed.
“How new laws aim to limit what schools can teach about race and racism in our nation. Plus, why local voters support progressive policy amid efforts to revise the DC tax code.”
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Unlike traditional public housing, which is owned by the federal government and managed by quasi-independent local government agencies, like the DC Housing Authority, social housing is owned by local governments themselves. That’s an important distinction, […]
New polling from Data for Progress and the DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI) shows near unanimous support from DC voters for investments in programs and services that support residents experiencing economic hardship.
While DC’s tax code ranks as the least regressive in the nation, the top 5 percent of District families pay a lower effective tax rate (11.2 percent) than the bottom 95 percent (11.6 percent).
Eliana Golding, a housing analyst with the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, said the Bowser administration should have been able to anticipate that more than doubling homeownership aid for eligible families last year, ahead of a tough budget season, would create […]
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