DC Council Restores some Funding for Programs Cut From Mayor’s Budget
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DC Council restores some funding for programs cut from mayor’s budget
In its first pass at revising the District’s fiscal 2027 budget, the D.C. Council voted to restore more than $400 million in funding to several major programs, reversing a number of cuts in Mayor Muriel Bowser’s plan as it moves forward with its own spending priorities. Related stories Mayor’s budget seeks to grow DC, but includes $469M in cuts Advocates push back on DC mayor’s plan to cut childcare pay program …
The DC Council is preparing to vote tomorrow Tuesday the first reading of the budget for fiscal year 2027, after weeks of hearings and markups in which legislative committees introduced significant changes to the proposal of Mayor Muriel Bowser. The adjustments seek to restore social programs that the mayor had cut or eliminated in her April proposal, which included a 3.6% reduction in the total expenditure of the District.These are the main cha…
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DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson this morning released his drafts of fiscal year 2027 budget legislation ahead of a scheduled vote tomorrow, with funding proposed to reverse some of the most controversial cuts in Mayor Muriel Bowser’s final spending plan.
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