Route Fifty: Maryland has become the third state this year, after New Jersey and Illinois, to enact a phased-in minimum wage increase to $15 per hour—a sign of the increased traction that the policy is getting around the country, at least among Democratic-leaning states.
California, Massachusetts, New York, and Washington, D.C., have previously adopted similar wage hikes. The rise of state laws gradually upping the hourly pay floor to $15 has unfolded since Seattle became the first major U.S. city to move ahead with the mandate in 2014.
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