Maryland Minimum Wage Goes Up And New Laws Take Effect

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s minimum wage is going up.
The new $10.10 an hour wage goes into effect Sunday.
It’s the last of the phased-in increases that were set by Maryland lawmakers in 2014. The first increase from $7.25 to $8 took place in 2015. It increased three times after that, to $8.25 in July 2015, to $8.75 in July 2016 and $9.25 last July.
Some lawmakers have pushed for increasing the minimum wage again, but the legislation stalled this year. Ben Jealous, the Dem