Miller warns of difficulty raising minimum wage

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland's Senate president on Thursday braced his colleagues for a difficult debate over raising the state's minimum wage and asked senators to be open to compromise.

Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, D-Calvert, told senators during session it will be hard to find a solution to address economic differences in various parts of the state. The debate is complicated because Prince George's and Montgomery counties in the suburbs of the nation's capital already have decided to raise the wage to $11.50 by 2017. Miller said lawmakers from rural parts of Maryland won't be able to support an increase that high.

"It's going to be very difficult to find a solution, so I ask your patience and your forbearance as we try to work something through," Miller said.

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