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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser calls for tax hikes, social cuts in fiscal 2025 budget

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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser calls for tax hikes, social cuts in fiscal 2025 budget (horizontal)

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"Let me be clear: We believe that in-person learning is preferred to virtual learning, but we also know that we have to do it in a safe way," D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday at a press conference. District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks at a news conference on the coronavirus outbreak and the District's response, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser addresses a crowd of nearly 1,000 people at the inaugural Maternal and Infant Health Summit head Wednesday in the capital.

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Mayor Muriel Bowser (center), a Democrat unveils her "Fair Shot" program to guide more African American residents and businesses into the middle class during an event at Howard Theatre in Shaw on February 1st, 2018. The collection of D.C. governments resources is also a jump start to her re-election bid for the mayor's office. (Julia Airey / The Washington Times)

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On Tuesday, Mayor Muriel Bowser pledged keep in place automatic tax cuts triggered by the city’s recent financial success. “What we did was, we looked at what we needed and what we could invest in this year and in the whole financial plan and what those investments would turn into. And this is where we landed,” she said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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On Tuesday, Mayor Muriel Bowser pledged keep in place automatic tax cuts triggered by the city’s recent financial success. “What we did was, we looked at what we needed and what we could invest in this year and in the whole financial plan and what those investments would turn into. And this is where we landed,” she said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

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On Tuesday, Mayor Muriel Bowser pledged keep in place automatic tax cuts triggered by the city’s recent financial success. “What we did was, we looked at what we needed and what we could invest in this year and in the whole financial plan and what those investments would turn into. And this is where we landed,” she said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Council are wringing their hands over how to stem the flow of officers either retiring or moving to better paying and less dangerous jurisdictions. .(Ryan M. McDermott/The Washington Times/File)

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Muriel Bowser

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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (left) and Assistant Army Secretary Katherine Hammack sign a transfer agreement Tuesday.

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Washington Police Chief Cathy Lanier, left, with Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser, center, and Vice Admiral Dixon Smith, head of Navy Installations Command, speaks to the media during a news conference about the Navy Yard, Thursday, July 2, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier (left) with Mayor Muriel Bowser, said that police are seeking a man seen in a brief surveillance video for questioning in connection with a fire at a home in Northwest Washington, Thursday, where four people were found dead. (Associated Press)

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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said attacking homelessness and affordable housing were two of her guiding priorities when creating her first budget for the city, which proposes sales tax and parking garage tax hikes, and cuts some funding to the University of D.C. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser introduced a bill to clarify language in an anti-descrimination law to state that it does not require any specific type of insurance coverage. (Associated Press)

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D.C.'s newly sworn Mayor Muriel Bowser was noncommittal on whether she might file a lawsuit on behalf of the city against Congress to defend the city's right to legalize marijuana. "We're going to explore every option," Ms. Bowser said Sunday on "Meet the Press." (Associated Press)