Vox, March 28th, 2019: Maryland just became the sixth state to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour
Maryland just became the sixth state to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour.
On Thursday, lawmakers managed to override Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of a minimum wage bill. Maryland’s current minimum wage is $10.10, and the new policy will gradually raise the wage floor to $15 by 2025.
Hogan had blocked the bill earlier this week, claiming that such a change would “devastate” the economy. But it was clear early on that he would be unable to stop the national momentum building around a $15 minimum wage.
