New year brings higher Maryland minimum wage

by Kate Shunney

Maryland workers will see the state’s minimum wage increase today from $10.10 to $11.00 per hour.

The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.

Maryland lawmakers voted in March to lay out a path for state wages to rise to $15.00 per hour by 2026. Governor Larry Hogan vetoed the bill, but Democrats in the General Assembly overrode the vetoes and the law takes effect today, January 1, 2020.

Hogan said the…