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Jul 28, 2020

Big D.C. Companies Scooped Up Pandemic Aid Intended For Small Businesses

Well-heeled consulting companies, law firms, and nonprofit organizations received interest-free government loans, records show.

May 09, 2017

Schadenfreude Alert: Iowa Congressman Who Wished Recession On D.C. Is Having A Bad Week

Couldn’t have happened to a better guy.

Mar 02, 2017

Black College Grads In D.C. Are Likelier To Be Unemployed Today Than Before The Recession, Report Finds

As with so much else in the nation’s capital, the gains since the recession ended haven’t been spread equally.

Mar 25, 2016

Democrat Who Wants To Take On Rod Blum Is Asking Washingtonians For Campaign Donations

Pat Murphy’s campaign has already sent out two emails.

Jan 28, 2015

Report: D.C.’s Wage Gap Is The Highest It’s Been In 35 Years

A new report by the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute reveals a widening wage gap between D.C.’s low and high-earning workers.

May 29, 2013

Washington Area’s Housing Market Strongest In Country, Says Report

According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, home prices rose by 7.7 percent from March 2012 to March 2013 in the D.C. area.

Nov 27, 2012

Columnist: America is The Hunger Games, and D.C. is Where the Battles Happen

If you see tributes battling to the death in Dupont Circle in the near future, it’s only because Washington has started resembling the capital city in “The Hunger Games.”

Mar 30, 2012

D.C. Has Highest Economic Confidence in Nation of Dim Outlooks

A poll released by Gallup yesterday showed that the Washington area enjoyed the greatest level of economic confidence in 2011, clearly less sure than sentiments elsewhere that things are still in the dumps.

Mar 28, 2012

As Shrinks the Federal Government, So Shrinks D.C.

With the federal government expected to enact spending cuts in the near future, D.C. is preparing for life outside of the federal bubble.

Mar 13, 2012

D.C. Unemployment Fell Below 10 Percent in January, but Number of Jobs Is Down Also

After 29 consecutive months of being in double digits, the District’s unemployment rate fell below 10 percent in January, new figures from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics state, falling to 9.9 percent.

 
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