Viewpoint: How Greater Washington can solve its economic crisis
Editor’s note: Business Journal Publisher Alex Orfinger is writing a series of columns exploring the impact of the Trump administration’s…
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New job board offers opportunities for laid-off federal workers
Editor’s note: The Business Journal is providing this story to all readers as a public service. Add the Greater Washington…
All D.C.-area commercial real estate indicators ‘moved in the wrong direction’ in February
A monthly index tracking Greater Washington’s economic well-being fell 4.8% in February from the prior month — the biggest drop…
Viewpoint: Don’t sit passively amid Trump cuts, Publisher Alex Orfinger writes
In March 2020, at the start of Covid-19, I read “This is Chance,” a book chronicling the catastrophic Alaska earthquake…
Chick-fil-A to lay off 91 in College Park as its Little Blue Menu closes for major remodel
Chick-fil-A is launching a revamp of its Little Blue Menu quick-service restaurant and test kitchen in College Park, the only…
Viewpoint: I chair the board tasked with divesting federal buildings. Here’s our mission.
In D.C. and elsewhere around the country, taxpayers are paying an extremely high price for federal office space that is…
Retailer Burlington to fill Joann space in Pr. George’s shopping center
It didn’t take long for the owners of the Brandywine Crossing shopping center in Prince George’s County to find a…
Viewpoint: The region is in crisis. What are we going to do about it?
Anxiety: A feeling of fear, uneasiness, uncertainty — worries about the future. It’s the general tenor of just about every…
Finalists named for 2025 CapitalCISO ORBIE Awards
CapitalCISO has announced the finalists for its 2025 CapitalCISO ORBIE Awards. The 2025 CapitalCISO ORBIE Awards honors chief information security…
Trump cuts have likely reversed Greater Washington’s economic recovery
Greater Washington’s economy was showing signs of recovery in the weeks leading up to the inauguration of President Donald Trump,…
Viewpoint: Don’t balance Maryland budget on backs of business
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and the General Assembly are entering decision time on whether to impose a highly complex and…
Why the Business Journal is standing by its Diversity in Business Awards
The question has come up more than once in recent weeks as we’ve compiled our Diversity in Business Awards honorees:…
Viewpoint: The DMV’s AI opportunity
Unless we find a way to combat it, AI will make us all stupider. This is not being given the…
Viewpoint: Four reasons Congress should withdraw the Bowser Act
The Greater Washington Board of Trade, a regional nonpartisan business organization founded in 1889, has long championed policies that strengthen…
Viewpoint: Maryland’s economy needs help. AI, quantum and data are the answer.
While the Maryland economy is facing budget uncertainties, the state can help surmount these challenges by growing private growth industries,…
Greater Washington’s economic stability could serve as ‘buffer’ to challenges ahead
Greater Washington’s economy has strengthened in the past year, which may serve as a quasi-shield as the shock of the…
Viewpoint: How the DMV can persevere through chaos
The national capital region is experiencing a period of sudden change and uncertainty. How can mission-focused organizations adapt, innovate and…
American Airlines plane collides with Army helicopter on landing approach at DCA
A regional jet approaching Reagan National Airport collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River on…
Viewpoint: The federal government should vacate Federal Triangle
The Public Buildings Reform Board will shortly report to the Office of Management and Budget and Congress on the disposition…
Greater Washington economy shows signs of recovery, but Trump uncertainty lingers
Greater Washington may be in the early stages of healing from the shock of higher interest rates. But the region…
Playbook for 2025: What businesses should be watching in the new year
The more things change, the more they stay the same. The adage certainly comes to mind as another new year…
Big Lots strikes deal with Variety Wholesalers that could save brand, hundreds of stores
Less than 10 days after Big Lots Inc. announced a purchase agreement had fallen through and it was shuttering all…
Amazon rockets up the charts as a top Virginia employer
Between Amazon fulfillment, Amazon Web Services and Amazon’s second headquarters, Seattle-based Amazon has emerged as a fairly indispensable component of the regional economy.
Greater Washington’s leading economist outlines the impact of a shutdown
Editor’s note: We asked Terry L. Clower, director of the Center for Regional Analysis and a professor of public policy…
