The Week Ahead…
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • April 5, 2010 •
The Mayor released his proposed FY 2011 budget last Thursday and the Council is on recess this week. What better time to dive into those budget books to figure out how the programs you care about fared? We’ve got an agency budget briefing this week to help […]
The Federal Government’s New Poverty Measure: What Does It Mean for DC?
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 19, 2010 •
Last week, the US Commerce Department introduced a new “Supplemental Poverty Measure†to help better estimate the number of Americans who are poor. As its name suggests, the new poverty measure will not replace the current poverty measure. It […]
Are job tax credits the best way to tackle DC’s unemployment crisis?
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 17, 2010 •
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Ed Lazere, DCFPI’s Executive Director, joins WAMU’s The Politics Hour, to discuss Northrop Grumman tax breaks and DC’s budget woes
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 17, 2010 •
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