With Revised Revenue Estimates, Budget Season Dialogue Intensifies

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With Revised Revenue Estimates, Budget Season Dialogue Intensifies

With only a couple weeks before D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s scheduled release of the FY-2024 budget, revised revenue estimates by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer have called into question what she will — and won’t — prioritize in her proposal.

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