Gazette (MD): Business owners differ on effect of county minimum wage hike
By Kevin James Shay
Gazette, Maryland, September 30, 2014
... Under a law passed by the [Montgomery] County Council late last year, the minimum wage for most employers with at least two workers increases from $7.25 per hour to $8.40 on Wednesday. It will rise incrementally each October until reaching $11.50 in October 2017. That’s larger than the state hike, which is slated to increase to $8 per hour Jan. 1 and rise more slowly to $10.10 by mid-2018.
“I don’t anticipate much impact, especially at the beginning,” said Meaghan Murphy, co-owner of Takoma Park café...