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Legislators push to support service workers who lost income due to Covid-19

02.14.2022
Matthew Sedacca
California assembly passes “first of its kind” regulation bill, giving fast-food workers the ability to negotiate for better pay and working conditions
02.01.2022
by Matthew Sedacca
The place where everybody knows your name: Georgia’s rural restaurants offer old-school hospitality and try not to think too hard about the future
01.27.2022
by Allison Salerno
What if you could invest in your favorite local restaurant and actually make money in the process?
01.20.2022
by Matthew Sedacca
Study shows Starbucks, Whole Foods employee vaccination rates above 70 percent. Taco Bell, Subway under 50 percent
01.13.2022
by Matthew Sedacca
Owning a restaurant is a risk, but it’s also a privilege—one these first-generation Americans take very seriously
01.11.2022
by Tina Vasquez
More Americans can use food stamps for restaurants, prepared meals
01.10.2022
by Caitlin Dewey
It can take up to one year to get a liquor license in New York City. This new law allows bar and restaurant owners to make money while they wait.
01.06.2022
by Matthew Sedacca
Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis, restaurants on one street in Venice, California, are trying to keep its identity alive
12.15.2021
by Karen Stabiner
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