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Tax Commission Tuesday: Sales Taxes in DC 27 Aug 2013 | 09:22 pm
It’s Tuesday, which brings another installment in our series looking at important research generated by DC’s Tax Revision Commission. Today’s focus is the sales tax and a paper and presentation by Dr....
Making it Easier for Low-Income Children to Eat Free Meals at School 26 Aug 2013 | 07:47 pm
We know that children who live in poverty are more likely to show up to school hungry, making it that much more difficult for them to learn. With child poverty higher than 50 percent in some DC neighb...
Long Overdue: An Increase in Income Assistance to Needy Families with Children 22 Aug 2013 | 08:45 pm
Welfare programs are supposed to meet two broad goals: stabilize families in times of need and help/encourage parents to get into jobs that will enable them to make ends meet. The District has been d...
Changes in DC’s Demographics and Economy Could Impact Its Future Revenue System 21 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Tax Commission Tuesdays, our weekly series that look at important research generated by DC’s Tax Revision Commission, returns this week for a special Wednesday edition! Today, we’ll discuss research....
One Thousand DC Residents Have Signed On For a Living Wage and Counting! 20 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
“I live in DC and I can barely afford it. Gas is high. I work in another state. Help DC residents stay in DC and work in DC with reasonable wages.” That is what one resident of Ward’s 7 Hillcrest neig...
Why Is DC Offering More Financing for a Soccer Stadium than Most Cities? 19 Aug 2013 | 05:46 pm
It’s often good when we can say the District is an above-average city. But it’s not so good when we are saying we are an above-average city when it comes to public funding for a soccer stadium. Actual...
District Funds 35 Community Organizations to Assist Residents with Obamacare 15 Aug 2013 | 02:46 am
On October 1, the website for DC’s Health Benefit Exchange will go live. The online portal will present an array of private insurance plans for individuals and small businesses, which will offer a gre...
Health Homes: A New Way to Finance Homeless Services 14 Aug 2013 | 05:54 pm
Obamacare is doing a lot more to improve health care than expanding access to affordable insurance. The Affordable Care Act also will help the District enhance and coordinate health care and social s...
Tax Commission Tuesday: A Few Surprising Tax Differences between 1998 and 2012 13 Aug 2013 | 09:53 pm
The District of Columbia has changed a lot in 15 years. Many things have gone up — Gallery Place and Yards Park, the average price of a one-bedroom apartment and the average price of a home. Given the...
The Soccer Stadium Deal: A Safety-Net for DC United But Big Risks for DC 12 Aug 2013 | 07:53 pm
Last week, the District’s Dime took a hard look at how DC proposes to swap land to assemble the property for the proposed DC United stadium. Today, we explore how the District and DC United propose to...
