Restaurateur Diane Gross has seen fewer big spenders dining out in Logan Circle since a D.C. law forced her to pay waiters and waitresses almost double their hourly wage before tips. The co-owner of Cork Wine Bar said that’s no coincidence. Many similar restaurants have raised prices, reduced hours, simplified menus, trimmed staff and added service fees to offset a 45% increase in payroll expenses over the past two years. She said these changes have unintentionally scared off customers and...

The Department of Education has tapped conservative media platform PragerU to tell the nation’s origin story in an “America 250” exhibit that opened in the White House complex this month. The PragerU Founders Museum on the first floor of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building features 82 historical paintings of people and events from the American Revolution to inspire patriotic fervor for the yearlong celebration of the July 4, 1776, signing of the Declaration of Independence. Each painting...

It has become common in online dating for someone who “isn’t that into you” to simply stop replying to messages. It’s called “ghosting,” and a growing number of employers say Generation Z job applicants are doing it in the hiring process. “Applicants are simply uninterested in the job offer, same as they would be uninterested in a profile on Tinder or any other dating site,” said Clark Lowe, president and CEO of the O’Connor Co., a commercial and industrial construction company. “The...

Nearly 9 in 10 nondegree certificates for skilled trades have no positive impact on wages, according to a report that finds U.S. job preparation programs lagging behind workforce needs. The conservative American Enterprise Institute and the Burning Glass Institute, a nonprofit workforce research firm, said earlier this month that only 12% of short-term certificates they analyzed produced wage gains of at least 10% that earners couldn’t have otherwise merited without enrolling. A mere 18% of...