Maryland businesses mixed on raising the minimum wage

As state and federal legislators push to raise the minimum wage, Maryland business owners are split over how that change would impact their bottom lines.

Shortly after state representatives introduced General Assembly proposals to raise the state minimum wage from $7.25 to $10 an hour, President Barack Obama during his State of the Union address announced an initiative to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 an hour.

Backers of the state bill, such as Del. Aisha Braveboy, D-Prince George’s,…