Key Takeaways In 2026, 19 states will raise their minimum wage on January 1, and three others will make an increase later in ...

A group is pushing to put a $25 minimum wage initiative on Maryland's 2026 ballot, if passed it would give the state the highest minimum wage in the country. One Fair Wage is leading the effort to ...

ANNAPOLIS — For minimum wage workers like Yvonne Tyree, a 59-year-old Silver Spring resident who was recently laid off from her job at McDonald’s, raising the minimum wage is long overdue.“It was real ...

There’s a new twist in the fight to increase Maryland’s minimum wage. A new bill under consideration in the General Assembly would put the measure on the November 2026 ballot for voters to decide ...

Workers in 2026 face differing minimum wage outcomes based on location. Nineteen states will see pay hikes on January 1.

State Democratic lawmakers are pushing a bill that would allow Maryland voters to raise the minimum wage from $15 to $20 — including for workers in the service industry — but it’s receiving a thumbs ...

Democrats may not have pulled off the political upset of the 21st century in the recent special election in Tennessee, but ...

Hagerstown, Md.-based Meritus Health has implemented the next phase of its planned minimum wage increase. The health system pledged to increase its minimum wage to $20 per hour over two years. As of ...

Tipped workers intensified a continued push to get a $20 minimum wage in Maryland for all workers. Restaurant servers from across the region gathered Wednesday in Annapolis to rally around a slogan: ...