Record Number of Restaurants to Close; Council Meets Again on Initiative 82
• July 28, 2025

The District Council is voting on Monday, July 28, whether or not to reconsider a controversial local law that raised the minimum wage for all restaurant workers, including thousands who […]

Editorial: Budget Tweaks and Woes 
• July 16, 2025

The time has come to get this budget done. The Council of the District of Columbia got that started on July 14 — after some tweaks — with a first […]

Restaurants’ Pickle: Inflation, Initiative 82, ICE Checks 
• May 12, 2025

Mayor Bowser Aims to Repeal Tipped-Wage Initiative To eliminate one of several challenges faced by Washington, D.C., restaurant owners, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on May 5 that her fiscal 2026 […]

Initiative 82: The Tipped Wage Controversy Continues  
• March 11, 2025

By Zoe Howard-Barr Overwhelmingly passed in 2022, Initiative 82 has been steadily reshaping the city’s labor landscape since going into effect in May of 2023. The measure incrementally raises the […]