Impact: DC agencies sound alarm over $1B budget cuts

Washington (DC News Now) — Financial uncertainty in DC as city leaders prepare for a $1 billion dollar budget hole.

Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) now implementing a hiring freeze and more spending freezes are on the way. Congress passed a spending plan that reverted DC back to 2024 spending levels. Now first responders like firefighters and police say lives could be on the line.

DC News Now’s City and Government reporter, Mariel Carbone, joins on Capitol Review. She talks about when people in DC could feel these impacts and when we can expect Congress could do something…

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