Given that the D.C. Council has recently considered ways of increasing revenue during its budget working sessions, this chart of the week examines how the city’s tax revenue sources have changed over time. As the chart above shows, between 2010 and 2021, real property taxes made up the largest share of the…

On July 9, 2025, Executive Director Yesim Sayin was quoted in Washington Business Journal: “There are real livelihoods at stake here,” said Yesim Sayin, executive director of the D.C. Policy Center and previously the D.C. government’s director of fiscal and legislative analysis. “This is going to be challenging times for all who…

Chronic absenteeism remains a persistent issue across D.C. public schools, particularly among high school students. This report uses data from the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) to examine how chronic absenteeism relates to college and career readiness metrics in D.C.