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Data shows DC restaurants have been facing a series of economic headwinds like increased rent, higher food prices, and a ...
The D.C. Council on Monday voted 7–5 to partially repeal Initiative 82, a law aimed at gradually raising the tipped minimum ...
The D.C. Council voted on changes to Initiative 82, a controversial piece of legislation that changed how tipped workers were ...
The Council of the District of Columbia opted to strip Initiative 82 of some of its provisions Monday after the measure ...
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 Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington says restaurants are closing at a historic rate as DC Council debates repealing Initiative 82.
A D.C. Council member's amendment of Initiative 82 passed during Monday's session and vote over the city's budget, but not ...
The reopened conversation about I-82 comes after the Council voted in June to pause the pay bump — from $10 to $12 per hour — ...
A new report says hundreds of jobs are being lost as restaurants shut down at record levels in D.C. Many restaurant owners ...
The municipality voted to cap the tipped wage at 75% of the city’s minimum wage, gutting a law passed by referendum in 2022 ...
Many restaurant owners breathed a sigh of relief—even as plenty of them grumble about the failure of a full repeal. Meanwhile ...
Under the newly passed amendment co-sponsored by councilmembers Christina Henderson and Charles Allen, the current base wage ...