The D.C. Policy Center’s Quarterly Business Sentiments Survey provides systematic, comprehensive information on the business community’s experiences to elected officials, the media, and the public. Recently, the D.C. Policy Center’s Rivlin Initiative completed the second Business Sentiments Survey of 2025, and the sixth overall since the survey’s launch. Conducted over a two-week…

On June 9, 2025, a D.C. Policy Center report was cited in the Washington Post: The D.C. Policy Center, a local think tank, estimates that about 3 in 5 children between prekindergarten and eighth grade do not have access to a spot in any afterschool program. Read More: How D.C.’s failure to curb truancy fueled…

On May 28, 2025, Executive Director Yesim Sayin was interviewed by Kojo Nnamdi on the Politics Hour about the Mayor’s 2026 budget. She speaks about the cuts in the proposed Fiscal Year 2026 budget and four year plan, the growth agenda and associated risks if it doesn’t bring in needed investment, and…