On November 6, 2019, D.C. Policy Center Executive Director Yesim Sayin Taylor testified on B23-404, B23-439, B23-438, and B23-432: the…

2018 was a record setting year for hate crimes in the District of Columbia, and the number reported continues to…

There’s a lot riding on the 2020 Census. The federal government uses census data to allocate more than $6 billion…

October is National Women’s Small Business Month.   Only 8 percent of business establishments in the District of Columbia with…

This post originally appeared on the Urban Institute’s Greater DC blog.   D.C.’s school choice policies allow families to send…

How did we use the zoning standards to determine where zoning is restrictive or permissive? D.C.’s zoning standards are complicated….

The idea of imposing a “land value tax” in the District pops up from time to time. Rick Rybeck at…

The recent D.C. Policy Center report, Access to schools that level the playing field for D.C.’s at-risk students, examined where…

This article is adapted from the 2019 State of the Business Report, “Building a Competitive City: Strengths, weaknesses, and potential…