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

Bill Butcher, the owner and brewmaster at Alexandria’s Port City Brewing Company, put D.C.-area beer-making on a national stage last night when he got to address the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.

Bill Butcher, the owner of Port City Brewing Company, is in Charlotte, N.C. today, where he will address the Democratic National Convention this evening about the Obama administration’s relationship with the small business community.