The D.C. Council has voted to change the controversial Initiative 82, which changed how tipped employees were paid. Several ...

A D.C. Council member's amendment of Initiative 82 passed during Monday's session and vote over the city's budget. But not ...

Angry attendees let their feelings be known during a DC Council meeting Monday evening as the council was expected to vote on ...

A compromise amendment to Initiative 82 has been passed by the D.C. Council. The amendment, offered by Councilmembers Christina Henderson and Charles Allen that basically, very slowly steps up what ...

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

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

President Donald Trump’s immigration policies have affected the restaurant industry, with sweeping ICE raids in the district. While Tomelden’s restaurant wasn’t affected by ICE arrests, the Initiative ...

A proposal to repeal D.C.’s tipped minimum wage law was blocked Monday in a tense Council meeting, derailing Mayor Muriel Bowser’s push to roll back Initiative 82.

D.C. Council will take the first vote in a potential repeal of Initative 82, the voter-supported referendum that sought to eliminate the tipped wages credit for service workers. While backers called ...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Initiative 82 needs to be repealed because restaurant and bar owners say the higher wages for servers and bartenders are costing them business.

Rolling back Initiative 82 would not just hurt workers. It would also undermine D.C.’s self governance, a right D.C. residents have fought for and hold dear precisely because it is so often ...