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Lt. Gov. to promote minimum wage in Randallstown
Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown plans to promote the minimum wage hike at a Randallstown church.
Senators grapple with minimum wage bill
Progress in the state Senate on a bill that would increase the minimum wage in Maryland hinges on a deal to increase wages for people who care for the developmentally disabled.
Congresswoman wants raise for tipped workers too
Rep. Donna Edwards hopes Maryland will help inspire a federal minimum wage hike, but she says the minimum wage bill passed by the House of Delegates hurts tipped workers.
‘Help is on the way’: House passes minimum wage increase
The House of Delegates voted Friday to phase in an increase in the state's minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 by 2017.
Md. House rejects minimum wage indexing
The Maryland House of Delegates on Wednesday turned against Gov. Martin O'Malley's plan to tie the minimum wage to inflation.
House panel passes key wage provisions
Members of a House of Delegates committee charged with crafting legislation that would increase the minimum wage in Maryland agreed on key provisions Monday and moved closer to a final version of a bill late Monday night.
Wage plan is laid out
One of the proposals to increase the state reimbursement for wages paid to people who care for the developmentally disabled would rely for funding on a tax amnesty, its sponsor said yesterday.
Cari DeSantis: Fair pay for workers with disabilities
The General Assembly is currently debating an increase to Maryland’s minimum wage. There remains, however, a flaw in the minimum wage’s attempt to address income equality.
Packed hearing on minimum wage
Overflow crowds packed a hearing room at the General Assembly Tuesday to testify for and against a series of minimum wage-related bills.
Study: Proposed minimum wage increase would eliminate 11,500 jobs
Increasing the minimum wage in Maryland could eliminate more than 11,500 jobs and could result in $760 million in losses to personal income, according to a study released Monday.
Study looks at impact of minimum wage hike in Md.
A study on raising the minimum wage in Maryland is warning about some of the negative impacts an increase would have on businesses, particularly on the hospitality industry and food services.
Advocates want disabled included in wage hike
More than a dozen advocacy groups are urging President Barack Obama to include mentally disabled workers in his call to raise the federal minimum wage for employees of government contractors.
