27-05-2025
DC mayor seeks business-friendly policies to spark growth amid loss of up to 40,000 federal jobs
WASHINGTON — With the nation's capital facing a pair of overlapping budget crises, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has unveiled a budget proposal that bets heavily on business-friendly policies designed to boost investment and move the city away from dependence on a dwindling number of federal jobs .
'We have a shifting economy and if we don't shift with it, we'll have a city that people flee,' Bowser said Tuesday as she presented her proposals to the public — and to the D.C. Council, which will now begin debating the plan. 'If you don't have enough money, something has to go or you have to make more money.'
