Service industry balks as advocates cheer proposed...

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The service industry questioned a proposal introduced Monday to raise Baltimore City’s minimum wage to $15 per hour, even as backers argued the boost is a necessary improvement for economically struggling workers in a city shaken by rioting last year. A bill from City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke would hike the minimum wage in Baltimore City to $15 per hour by July 2020. It would then index the city’s minimum wage to keep pace with cost of living increases afterward. The proposal would push the…