Bowser says D.C. businesses need additional federal stimulus to survive

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday the District has spent nearly $1 billion on pandemic-related costs in the six months since the first case was recorded in the District. That spending has hamstrung the city’s ability to offer additional relief to businesses struggling to get through the Covid-19 crisis. “We know we won’t be able to locally fill all of those gaps, and that’s why having real federal stimulus and sustained federal stimulus is what our businesses are going to need to hold…