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Data shows DC restaurants have been facing a series of economic headwinds like increased rent, higher food prices, and a ...
Nearly 900 full-service restaurant jobs have vanished since March, and more than 50 restaurants have closed in just the first ...
DC’s tipped wage will not be phased out by 2027 as scheduled. Instead, the DC Council voted 7 to 5 today to partially repeal ...
The D.C. Council voted on changes to Initiative 82, a controversial piece of legislation that changed how tipped workers were ...
Angry protests erupted as D.C. Councilmembers voted Monday to pass a compromise amendment partially repealing Initiative 82, ...
The reopened conversation about I-82 comes after the Council voted in June to pause the pay bump — from $10 to $12 per hour — ...
The D.C. Council opted to strip Initiative 82 of some of its provisions after the measure struggled to be fully implemented years after voters approved it.
The Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington says restaurants are closing at a historic rate as DC Council debates repealing Initiative 82.
Last week, a survey by the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington found that new restaurant openings are down 17 ...
The municipality voted to cap the tipped wage at 75% of the city’s minimum wage, gutting a law passed by referendum in 2022 ...
A new report says hundreds of jobs are being lost as restaurants shut down at record levels in D.C. Many restaurant owners ...
The vote outraged the crowd, which erupted in anger and began shouting at the council members. WASHINGTON — Angry attendees ...