Maryland businesses among many grappling with a higher minimum wage, By J.D. Harrison, January 5, 2015, Washington Post: “Maryland’s minimum wage was one of many that increased at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, in the first of a series of raises that will eventually push the state’s pay floor above $10 an hour. Under legislation approved last summer, Maryland’s minimum hourly rate increased from $7.25 to $8.00 on the first of the year, and it will increase again to $8.25 in July. The minimum will tick up several more times over the next three years, reaching $10.10 in 2018…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty