Nearly 900 full-service restaurant jobs have vanished since March, and more than 50 restaurants have closed in just the first ...

The Trump administration enacted a slew of policies that placed some restaurants on high alert in Washington, D.C.

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 ...

Angry protests erupted as D.C. Councilmembers voted Monday to pass a compromise amendment partially repealing Initiative 82, ...

Last week, a survey by the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington found that new restaurant openings are down 17 ...

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 Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington also called on the D.C. Council to repeal Initiative 82, citing that between May 2023 — when the tipped minimum wage rose from just over $5 to ...

Both supporters and opponents of Initiative 82 on the D.C council say they will re-visit this question this month before the second vote on the budget July 28, and that could lead to more talks ...

Under Initiative 82, the next increase to the minimum cash wage for tipped employees in the District was scheduled to increase from $10 per hour to $12 per hour, effective July 1, 2025.

The municipality voted to cap the tipped wage at 75% of the city’s minimum wage, gutting a law passed by referendum in 2022 ...

Data shows DC restaurants have been facing a series of economic headwinds like increased rent, higher food prices, and a ...

The Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington says restaurants are closing at a historic rate as DC Council debates repealing Initiative 82.