Local leaders are raising alarms about a stopgap measure in Congress that would trigger a $1 billion budget shortfall for the city, and impact the wider Virginia and Maryland region.
Clearing encampments takes the homeless out of sight but not out of mind or off the city’s hands. As the DC Fiscal Policy Institute has noted, the District has one of the highest rates of homelessness in the country. You might not know that, given the lack […]
In a quarterly revenue estimate released on February 28, that’s how the city’s independent chief financial officer, Glen Lee, described the likely outcome later this year of President Trump’s slash-and-burn approach to the federal workforce, with D.C. […]
“There are ripple effects that we won’t really be able to fully account for in the immediate term,” said Erica Williams, executive director of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute. Less spending across the region “can put pressure on our budget and our […]
The Department of Education (DoE) sent a letter last week directing federally-funded institutions no longer to consider race and diversity in admissions, hiring and scholarship decisions, among other things.
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If the cuts to federal programs are as extreme as what has been proposed, “we could see unemployment in the District skyrocket,” said DC Fiscal Policy Institute Executive Director Erica Williams. “That will put pressure on our budget as we have to […]
Polling from the DC Fiscal Policy Institute and Data for Progress in 2023 found that 55% of residents believe the site “should be used mostly for housing and neighborhood amenities,” versus 39% who supported a football stadium.
“The federal government is certainly an important part of the D.C. economy and has been a buoy for us through tough economic times.” said Erica Williams, executive director of the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute
“I feel like, for the most part, we had a good process with a respectable outcome,” Erica Williams says. “It’s unfortunate it’s been undermined in this way.”
“We need to be protecting the Pay Equity Fund as if our economy depends on it, because it absolutely does,” Gunderson said.