This opens the way for dozens of states across the country to follow suit, and that’s clearly a chilling message to Wal-Mart.

We’d be the first to applaud them. But the jury’s out on how much of this will amount to real and meaningful, lasting change.

They are to be commended for presenting negative research.

That is a burden not just on people struggling to make ends meet, it becomes a burden on taxpayers, it becomes a burden on communities, and Wal-Mart sits back and counts their billions.

That will open the floodgates in two specific ways. It will allow other states and municipalities to go ahead with similar bills based on Maryland’s success. Secondly, Maryland has a governor up for re-election. This...

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