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DC business leaders praise the District’s innovative, family-friendly child care policies and offer recommendations for how the child care and business sectors can overcome persistent affordability challenges.
How vulnerable are nonprofits under Trump’s skinny budget? President Trump's budget would slash funding to, or abolish, programs that provide significant financial support to nonprofits across the country.In DC, new child care regulations are a promising start New child care regulations put DC at the leading edge of a field typically marked by low wages and inconsistent quality.Whether school choice policies actually increase choice depends on where you live Policies aimed at increasing school choice will only work if those choices are accessible to families via transportation.A Trump crackdown on legal marijuana would hurt state budgets Some states are already using revenue from taxing marijuana to fund public services, but this practice could be upended by the federal government.You can’t understand the gender pay gap without understanding occupational segregation The gender pay gap is frequently dismissed by statistically removing the chief determinant of wages in a market economy: the type of work you do.Health care employers play a key role in improving worker skills for more rewarding jobs The health care sector is booming, and with that boom comes job opportunities for workers at all skill levels.
