By Adam Pagnucco. When Council Member Will Jawando withdrew his bill to repeal the tipped minimum wage in January, he threw his support behind efforts to pass it at the…
Minimum Wage
Jawando to Withdraw Tip Credit Bill
By Adam Pagnucco. On Tuesday, a remarkable event is on the county council’s agenda: Council Member Will Jawando is scheduled to withdraw two bills, one phasing out the tip credit…
Top Stories: October 2023
By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in October 2023, ranked by page views. 1. Don’t Equivocate About Jew Hate 2. Jewish Organizations Blast MCPS…
By Adam Pagnucco. The county council’s Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) has submitted its economic impact statement on Council Member Will Jawando’s bill to repeal the county’s tip credit for…
By Adam Pagnucco. As I have previously written, Council Member Will Jawando has introduced a bill to eliminate the tip credit for Montgomery County’s minimum wage. The bill comes despite…
By Adam Pagnucco. As the county council begins its debate about whether to scrap the tip credit for minimum wage, here are four facts about restaurants that must be part…
Tip Credit Repeal Bill Coming to MoCo
By Adam Pagnucco. One of the hottest recent issues in D.C. politics has been an effort to eliminate the tip credit for minimum wage. That has played out over multiple…
By Adam Pagnucco. The Maryland Fight for 15 Campaign has published poll results showing the popularity of a $15 minimum wage in three key Senate districts. The polling comes as…
Will There Be a Deal on MoCo’s Minimum Wage?
By Adam Pagnucco. The question of whether Montgomery County will have a $15 minimum wage has simmered for months. After County Executive Ike Leggett vetoed Council Member Marc Elrich’s bill…
Leggett Backs Away from Junk Science Study
By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Ike Leggett, who commissioned a county-financed study on the impact of a minimum wage increase blasted by the Economic Policy Institute as “absurd junk science,”…