Mayor Pugh Vetoes $15 Minimum Wage Bill

BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Mayor Catherine Pugh announced Friday afternoon that she has vetoed a bill the City Council passed 11-3 Monday in favor of raising the city’s minimum wage to $15 per hour.
She says she wants to ensure that Baltimore is “not the hole in the doughnut,” of the surrounding counties, and follows suit with what the state decides to do with minimum wage.
The bill would exempt workers younger than 21, and smaller businesses with less than 50 employees would have