By Becca Heller
Becca@MarylandReporter.com
A bill to raise Maryland’s minimum wage to $10 an hour drew 46 witnesses Thursday to a Senate hearing on the divisive issue.
Small business owners stood before the Finance Committee offering
grave calculations and projecting labor loss, while professors and
authors cited studies that showed the prospective hike in wage is a
healthy economic initiative.
A WalMart associate, a teenage girl, and a disabled family testified
to the desperate need for higher wages, while a grocery store owner
expressed concern for the wage scales and the difficulties the law could
pose to hiring disabled and less experienced workers in the future.
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