O'Malley Holds Roundtable With Business Owners To Talk Minimum Wage Hike
Gov. Martin O'Malley visited Upper Marlboro for a discussion with businesses owners who support a minimum wage increase.
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Gov. Martin O'Malley visited Upper Marlboro for a discussion with businesses owners who support a minimum wage increase.
The Maryland House of Delegates on Wednesday turned against Gov. Martin O'Malley's plan to tie the minimum wage to inflation.
A panel of Maryland lawmakers voted Monday to increase the state's minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 an hour over three years, but lawmakers stripped out a proposal to index future increases to inflation.
More than 20 Democrats in Maryland's legislature are calling on their colleagues to get the minimum wage increase bills to the House and Senate floor as soon as possible.
The Maryland Senate is scheduled to hold a hearing on a proposed minimum wage increase.
Pushing for higher pay. The governor backs a bill that would raise the state's minimum wage by almost $3--but some business owners say that could backfire.
House Democrats said Thursday they will try to highlight GOP resistance to a higher minimum wage with a tactical maneuver meant to bring new attention to an issue they consider a political winner.
Maryland lawmakers will be hearing testimony on a measure to raise the state's minimum wage.
Gov. Martin O'Malley plans to testify in support of a minimum wage increase when House and Senate committees take up the bill this week.
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.
Maryland's Democratic lawmakers pushing for a raise in the minimum wage are getting some help from a coalition of religious leaders.
Supporters of a higher minimum wage plan to rally in Annapolis, but business owner Mark Pringle says higher wages would mean higher prices at his ice cream shops.
President Barack Obama took his State of the Union address on the road, bringing his message directly to the public. He kicked things off Wednesday morning right here in Maryland.
President Barack Obama will work with Congress where he can and circumvent lawmakers where he must, his top advisers warned Sunday in previewing Tuesday's State of the Union speech.
Maryland's Senate president on Thursday braced his colleagues for a difficult debate over raising the state's minimum wage and asked senators to be open to compromise.
Dozens rally in Annapolis in support of a new plan to raise the minimum wage, but not everybody's in favor.
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is calling for an increase in the state's minimum wage to at least $10 per hour.
Gov. Martin O'Malley says he will be focusing his energy on raising the state's minimum wage in his last legislative session as Maryland's governor.
Decriminalizing marijuana, raising the minimum wage and adjusting the fees paid to contain polluted stormwater are all likely to find their way into debates during this year's legislative session.
The D.C. Council is scheduled to take a final vote on raising the city's minimum wage to $11.50 an hour by 2016.
A Maryland court ruling requiring poor defendants to have an attorney at initial bail hearings is expected to be a significant issue in the upcoming legislative session, along with a challenging budget situation, debate about raising the minimum wage and revisiting contentious stormwater management fees, leading lawmakers said Friday.
A state lawmaker from Prince George's County is highlighting the difficulty of shopping for food as a minimum-wage earner.
D.C. Councilmember Tommy Wells says he'll spend a week keeping his food and transportation costs to the level of a minimum-wage worker.
Across the country in 100 cities Thursday, thousands of fast food workers walked off the job demanding better wages. In Baltimore, a group of protestors joined the call for action.
The D.C. Council voted unanimously Tuesday to increase the District of Columbia's minimum wage to $11.50 an hour, one of the nation's highest.
