Capital Gazette: [MD] Minimum wage hike gets Senate committee hearing
By Alex Jackson
Capital Gazette, March 7, 2013
For Natalie Uribe, a 16-year-old Glen Burnie resident, a little hike to the minimum wage could do a lot.
Uribe was one of many workers who came to Annapolis as the minimum wage war raged on Thursday. After a similar House hearing in February, the Senate Finance Committee heard testimony on legislation that would gradually boost the the state's minimum wage to $10 by 2015. ...
But for Uribe, who works for the minimum wage, the bill would help her family pay their taxes and other important...