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D.C.’s pandemic-worn hospitality industry was thrust into yet another period of uncertainty Tuesday after voters overwhelmingly cast their ballots in favor of a controversial measure intended to raise the minimum wage for tipped workers in…

Opponents of eliminating the tipped minimum wage talk service charges and business model changes.

Silverman’s ouster deals a symbolic blow to the left, though progressives will still control the Council next year.

Fresh off winning a historic third term as DC's mayor, Muriel Bowser today announced her plans for a transition over the next several weeks before and after her Jan. 2 swearing-in.

D.C.’s restaurant servers and other tipped workers will see the way they get paid shift in a profound way now that voters have passed Initiative 82, per the Associated Press.

D.C. voters overwhelmingly approved a law Tuesday phasing out the tipped minimum wage by 2027. The multi-year effort by labor groups to end businesses’ reliance on patrons’ tips to compensate workers prevailed, despite major pushback from…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser cruised to a third term in office on Tuesday, cementing her place in modern city history by becoming only the second mayor to be elected to three consecutive terms — and the first woman to do so.

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser is projected to win her third term leading the nation’s capital city on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press, making the moderate Democrat who became known for her standoffs with the Trump administration and…

D.C. voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative Tuesday to raise the minimum wage for District workers who receive tips, after months of debate about its effects on the city’s restaurants and their employees.

Revel, the company that first brought its Vespa-like shared electric “moped” to the District in 2019, is now leaving the city.

Confused or convinced, energized or despondent, voters headed to the polls Tuesday across D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Their concerns — inflation, crime, abortion, the future of democracy itself — were many, but what drove them to the…

Commuters have endured lane closures and vehicle weight restriction since February, when the District abruptly closed part of the span because of deteriorated steel beams

WASHINGTON (AP) — A controversial proposal to change the pay structure for servers and other workers at Washington’s bars and restaurants goes before voters Tuesday, four years after approval of an identical ballot issue that was later…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mayor Muriel Bowser was poised to coast to a third term Tuesday after a campaign focused on her leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and on her history as one of the faces of Washington’s ongoing quest for statehood.

Despite a relatively short ballot in the District, uncertainties abound — in large part due to the absence of full autonomy, which means a shift to Republican control on Capitol Hill could greatly impact local governance.

Washington’s business community is trying to win back influence at city hall through a new lobbying surge and political spending on Tuesday's key D.C. Council at-large contest.

There’s been a 52% increase in the number of juveniles shot in D.C. so far this year compared to the same period last year.

Two of DCHA Director Brenda Donald’s top deputies were put on leave last week following results of an internal audit that found procurement fraud.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser urged the Washington Teachers’ Union on Monday to accept “an outstanding (contract) offer that’s on the table” as the two sides work through arbitration.

Influenza and influenza-like illnesses are seeing an unusually early surge in the D.C. region and across the U.S., charting an unpredictable course for the rest of the winter as RSV cases overwhelm pediatric hospitals, and a potential…