Reading archive 2021-07-29

What is happening to the District’s personal income tax base?

FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE: Wildfires need fuel to burn. A key way to get rid of that fuel is to set it ablaze, very carefully.

Latino museum backers are pushing for a prime spot on the National Mall. But a turf war is looming.

jonetta rose barras: DC budget politics - "Initial passage this week of the Homes and Hearts Amendment Act by an 8-to-5 vote was declared a victory by lawmakers and advocates, many of whom are employed at nonprofit organizations that could benefit directly from the infusion of additional cash. There are more than 11,000 nonprofit corporations in the city, according to the DC Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO). In 2018, they outnumbered restaurants."