Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) this week dropped nine bills he wants lawmakers to pass, including targeted tax cuts and automatic minimum wage hikes.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore this week asked lawmakers to consider nine policy ideas during the General Assembly session, introducing legislation that would automatically increase the minimum wage, make permanent anti-poverty programs that were enhanced during the pandemic and encourage banks to set up shop in underserved areas.
Here are the nine bills Moore asked the legislature, which has a supermajority of fellow Democrats, to pass:Moore campaigned on accelerating the state’s scheduled minimum wage hike so it hits $15 per hour in October instead of in two years. But he also wants to make future increases automatic, indexing the rate to inflation so that starting in March 2025, the minimum wage automatically rises when the cost of goods does.
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