On January 22, 2025, a D.C. Policy Center report was cited by New America: Research from the DC Policy Center shows a strong relationship between office occupancy and general sales tax collections in DC, so Bowser could be forgiven for hoping that a quick influx of federal workers back to DC offices could provide…

In the first year of in-person learning after the pandemic, 48 percent of students were chronically absent, or missed at least 10 percent of the school year (including excused and unexcused absences). This was a large increase over the last pre-pandemic year (school year 2018-19) when 29 percent of students were chronically…