🚨 The budget is out! 🚨 The Mayor's FY 2025 proposed budget has been released. You can find it on our FY 2025 budget landing page here: dccouncilbudget.com/fy-2025-budget

While we wait for the Budget Support Act, the fiscal impact statement from the OCFO gives us a first look at the proposals.

65% of DC youth who are homeless were chronically absent last year. Source: schoolreportcard.dc.gov/state/report/e…

Congratulations to Dylan Zuriff & Ilana Handwerker from Eastern Middle School in Silver Spring, Maryland who won 2nd Prize for their documentary on #DCStatehood, "Two Sides of the Street: The Fight for DC Representation in Congress." Watch it here: studentcam.org/2024-2ndPrize-…

Need a court appointed attorney on Wednesdays in DC? Not this summer thanks to budget crunch. NBC4 Washington nbcwashington.com/investigations…

Three People Died in the DC Jail in Two Weeks washingtoncitypaper.com/article/719297…

The business of the people was done at the DC Council today. We took our first vote on the FY25 budget, reversing cuts and funding crucial programs. These investments will strengthen our communities, helping working families the most. Here are some of the highlights:

The text of the FY 25 DC appropriations bill was released today, containing victories I secured for DC.   Significantly, the rider prohibiting DC from commercializing and regulating recreational marijuana was removed.   bit.ly/3yOJFIH

We were also joined by WhittierES STEM’s student journalists, who joined to report on this exciting day. So inspired by the passion and advocacy of our #Ward4 students!

📢 Important new report via @MikeJohnsonJr_ on the "Hidden Price of Justice" - criminal legal system fines & fees in DC. In every state & DC, people who become involved w/the criminal legal system must pay a host of fines & fees. dcfpi.org/all/hidden-pri…🧵(1/7)

There's a new law taking effect that requires pay transparency in DC! 💲 Starting this Sunday, June 30, employers in the District must include pay ranges in all job postings and cannot ask job applicants for their wage history — among other protections.  Spread the word, DC! 🔊

🔊Have you or someone you know been a resident at D.C. Jail in the past year? We are looking to interview folks on conditions in the DC Jail, including the CDF and CTF. If interested, please contact 443-296-2435 or [email protected]

Biden administration hikes pay for Head Start teachers to address the workforce shortage. The new rules will require large operators to put their employees on a path to earn what their counterparts in local school districts make by 2031. wjtv.com/washington/was…

Costs for D.C. policing and incarceration exceeded 💸 1 billion dollars for the first time in recent history. Want to know what’s filling this budget? Read our report “Is D.C. More Secure? A Criminal Legal Systems Overview"—out now! courtexcellence.org/news-items/202…

Between now and the start of the next legislative period in January, DC Council has a chance to change the rules for their work. There are four important ways we think the Council should consider changing its rules this month. Read our letter: fairbudget.org/wp-content/upl…

NEW: our office is hiring two performance analysts! Come join a dynamic team to help with agency performance and policy analysis in the Council of DC's Budget Office. More info here: dccouncil.gov/wp-content/upl…

Breaking news from Axios .... Trump offering buyouts to all federal workers, source tells Marc Caputo and @emilyrpeck axios.com/2025/01/28/tru…

One of the things we talk about a lot in our organizing is the importance of not obeying in advance🧵

Complying in advance with a bill like this — which has zero co-sponsors, and might never even have a hearing much less pass — sends a message to Clyde and his allies that all they need to do is make an empty threat and we'll comply. That's an incredibly bad position to take.

This response to Sam Plo Kwia Collins, Jr. is disturbing on so many levels- especially as a social studies teacher. It fails basic civics. 1. We are not a dictatorship, despite mayoral control of schools. DC Council, SBOE etc... are also "authorized" to do politics 2.Washington Teachers' Union, AFT Local #6 & its