Day: April 4, 2014

$10.10 minimum wage gets preliminary OK in Senate

A bill to hike the state’s minimum wage $10.10 has reached its final hurdles after a flurry of attempts from lawmakers Friday to amend the already fragile legislation.

The Senate gave preliminary approval to the legislation, HB295, a chief priority of Gov. Martin O’Malley, that would boost Maryland’s minimum wage to $10.10 by 2018.

State Roundup, April 4, 2014

House and Senate negotiators hammer out agreement over $38.7 billion budget, keeping tax credit for film shoots, exempting Carroll and Frederick from rain tax; House passes capital budget, Senate rejects House amendments; full vote on minimum wage hike expected Monday, won’t include tipped workers; dog bite legislation includes all breeds; proponents hope to keep pot decriminalization bill alive; bill to create harsher punishments for domestic violence committed in front of a child is approved; micro-brew beer sampling OK’d for farmers markets; Vaportini trend may get axed in Maryland; after 12-year tenure, Dels. DeBoy and Malone stepping down; Brown files complaint against Gansler after “save the date” email goes out; Gansler issues crime plan; and Larry Hogan takes to the airwaves.

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