By Matt Blitz
DCist, Dec 27, 2023
On January 1, the minimum wage will increase for many in Maryland from $13.25 an hour to $15 an hour. Signed in April by Governor Wes Moore, the Fair Wage Act accelerates the time frame in which the minimum wage increases. ...
Advocates applauded the move when it was signed into law earlier this year.
“It didn’t make a lot of sense that Maryland was going to get to $15 … slower than a place like Nebraska where cost of living is just considerably less,” Alissa Barron-Menza, vice president of Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, told Maryland Matters earlier this year. ...