Carroll County Times (MD): Potential minimum wage increase leads to mixed reactions
By Kelcie Pegher
Carroll County Times, January 5, 2014
Politicians in Maryland ready for the January legislative session are preparing for one fight in particular: the battle over whether to raise the minimum wage.
While the minimum wage has remained at $7.25 per hour since 2009, support is growing for a higher minimum wage. In Maryland, two counties voted to bring the minimum wage up to $11.50 per hour by 2017.
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It’s easy to think of how difficult raising the minimum wage would be for one business, said Richard Torgerson, a registered principal for...