Study finds DC is missing out on billions by not being a state
DC News Now • January 24, 2023
“This is really a racial and economic justice issue,” said Erica Williams, Executive Director of the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute.
New report eyes statehood as a financial issue
The DC Line • January 19, 2023
The lack of DC statehood means a loss of up to $3.2 billion annually in potential revenue, according to the estimate developed by the DC Fiscal Policy Institute in a new analysis released this morning.
$3.2 billion
730 DC • January 19, 2023
As Congress continues to debate the debt ceiling, DC faces high costs due to its lack of statehood: in addition to lacking votes in Congress, analysis shows that our taxation without representation leads to $3.2 billion (!!!) in foregone revenue.
Child-care workers wait for checks that could take them off the brink
Washington Post • January 3, 2023
More than a third of the city’s child-care workers live in poverty, according to the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, and Marshall hated that her employees were among them.
Homelessness: A Problem That Can Be Solved with Political Will
Washington Informer • December 14, 2022
“The short of it is the question of economic policy. In our society, housing is a commodity and not treated as a basic human right,” said Golding, an affordable housing and workforce development policy analyst with the DC Fiscal Policy Institute.
D.C. is a step closer to changing its school funding model
Washington Post • December 14, 2022
“The chairman is right in wanting stability, but I think there was a missed opportunity to do more engagement with [D.C. Public Schools], the executive, the community,” said Qubilah Huddleston, a senior policy analyst at the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute.
As First Freezes Hit The Region, D.C.’s Winter Shelter Plan Goes Into Effect
DCist • November 16, 2022
Kate Coventry, senior policy analyst at the DC Fiscal Policy Institute and voting member of ICH, said staff vacancies — which have since been filled — contributed to the plan’s delay. But she said that the city is still able to provide services before […]
DC was the top city for remote work in 2021, census data show
Washington Post • September 16, 2022
Unemployment among Black residents in the District was up slightly in the first quarter of 2022 compared with a year earlier, and is more than seven times that of white workers.
Washington state’s tax system is worsening income inequality
Crosscut • September 14, 2022
Washington, D.C., followed suit this year and is expanding its credit to match the federal amount by tax year 2026, something no state has done.
DC launches grant program to expand early child care facilities
Axios • September 13, 2022
According to the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, early childhood educators, who are predominantly Black and brown, earn a median annual income of approximately $31,950 — barely above minimum wage.