Baltimore City Councilwoman To Introduce Minimum Wage Bill

BALTIMORE (AP) -- A Baltimore city councilwoman is planning to introduce a bill to raise the minimum wage in the city to $15 an hour.

The Baltimore Sun reports City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke plans to introduce the bill Monday and that it is co-sponsored by eight of the council's 15 members. The paper says Baltimore's minimum wage in would increase incrementally and reach the full amount by 2020.

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake said through a spokesman that she supports raising the minimum wage but believes it should be raised at the regional or state level.

Maryland's minimum wage is $8.25, a dollar higher than the federal rate. Maryland lawmakers passed a bill during its 2014 session that will increase the state's base wage to $10.10 by 2018.

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