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Difficult Debate Ahead Over Raising State’s Minimum Wage

January 20th, 2014 by WCBC Radio

Maryland’s Senate president braced his colleagues for a difficult debate over raising the state’s minimum wage and asked senators to be open to compromise- saying it can’t work in areas such as western Maryland.  Senate President Mike Miller, D-Calvert, told senators during session it will be hard to find a solution to address economic differences in various parts of the state. The debate is complicated because Prince George’s and Montgomery counties in the suburbs of the nation’s capital already have decided to raise the wage to $11.50 by 2017. Miller said lawmakers from rural parts of Maryland such as Allegany and Garrett counties won’t be able to support an increase that high…





 

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