City councilmembers push back on state legislation...

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Seven members of the new-look Baltimore City Council voiced opposition on Thursday to a state bill that would block local jurisdictions from passing their own minimum wage laws. Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke, who has long been a proponent of a higher minimum wage for Baltimore City residents, says the bill would undermine local governments’ authority to establish “fair minimum wage rates and workplace benefits” for their workforces. State Del. Dereck E. Davis filed the bill this week in the General…