Giving Compass' Take:

• Luke Broadwater and Pamela Wood report that Maryland became the 6th state to implement a $15 minimum wage after the General Assembly overturned the governor's veto. 

• What will this mean for Maryland and surrounding states? 

• Learn about the support of the $15 minimum wage. 

Maryland's General Assembly took swift action to override Gov. Larry Hogan's veto of a bill that will gradually increase the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour.

The override of the minimum wage bill was never in question and came by wide margins: 96-43 in the House of Delegates, followed by a 32-15 vote in the Senate. It takes 29 votes to override in the Senate and 85 in the House.

Under the minimum wage legislation, businesses with 15 or more employees will follow a schedule that reaches $15 in 2025, while smaller companies will have to pay $15 starting in 2026.

Twenty-nine states have minimum wages higher than the federal rate. California, Massachusetts, New York and the District of Columbia have passed laws that phase in increases to reach $15, according to nonpartisan analysts from the Maryland Department of Legislative Services.

Read the full article about enacting a $15 minimum wage by Luke Broadwater and Pamela Wood at Governing Magazine.