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

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 Initiative 82, slowing down increases in the tipped wage and ultimately ...

Angry protests erupted as D.C. Councilmembers voted Monday to pass a compromise amendment partially repealing Initiative 82, and the chamber went into lockdown amid the uproar. Hours of debate ...

The D.C. Council on Monday voted 7–5 to partially repeal Initiative 82, a law aimed at gradually raising the tipped minimum ...

The Council of the District of Columbia opted to strip Initiative 82 of some of its provisions Monday after the measure ...

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

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

The D.C. Council voted on changes to Initiative 82, a controversial piece of legislation that changed how tipped workers were ...

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WASHINGTON — The long running discussions over Initiative 82 aren't over yet. The measure gradually increases tipped workers' base salary over a period of years, to the same amount earned by non ...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s effort to repeal the Districts’ tipped minimum wage was derailed today by the D.C. Council. Some owners of restaurants and servers have been warning that Initiative 82 is ...

The April 16 Food article “‘ It’s just not sustainable’ ” about the closing of Brookland’s Finest highlighted real challenges facing D.C. businesses. But blaming Initiative 82 misses ...