A defense contractor has sued the city, arguing that the program’s exclusion of white business owners is illegal.
Sixty-five businesses from D.C. will receive the grants with investments ranging from $50,000 to $750,000.
Small businesses urged legislators not to impose the tighter restrictions, but lawmakers said COVID-19 numbers have been trending in the wrong direction.
“These grants will help small businesses adapt and implement creative measures so they can stay open and operating during the public health emergency,” says Mayor Bowser.
Bureaucracy and discrimination were likely behind the delay in funding.
“The new normal doesn’t look similar to the old normal.”
The female-owned local business is delivering on one of our drinking wishes for 2017: bottled cocktails.
The search giant is helping small business owners develop their web presences.
Immigrants may only make up 22 percent of the Washington, D.C. Metro region’s population, but they account for 28 percent of its workforce and 33 percent of its small business-owners—the fifth-highest rate in the U.S.
No joke. Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain’s new YouTube video uses the catapulting and shooting of a cute, fluffy rabbit as a metaphor for the federal tax code. WTF?
