STATE EMPLOYEE WAGE ERROR: Maryland might have shortchanged as many as 13,000 employees by as much as $30 per pay period for as long as two decades, state officials announced Friday, reports Erin Cox in the Sun.

• Budget and Management Secretary David R. Brinkley said the mistakes could affect up to  roughly one-quarter of the state’s public workforce and an unknown number of former workers. The state could owe each of those individuals from $2 to $30 extra for each relevant pay period.

• Brinkley said, “We’re still going to work closely with the unions on a plan to make it right, and we’re fixing the problem. We’ve discovered the problem, and we’re going to get in front of it.” The exact amount owed is not yet known, but Brinkley said officials believe it is “manageable.” Bryan Sears reports the story for the Daily Record.

GUN CONTROL FAIL IN MARYLAND: Maryland is one of at least three states where gun-control advocates recently failed to push through legislation to bar people on terrorism watch lists from purchasing weapons — a safeguard that is drawing new attention in the wake of June 12’s mass shooting in Orlando, Josh Hicks and Elise Schmelzer report in the Post.

MINIMUM WAGE HIKE: Business owners in Maryland have had a year to plan for this upcoming increase in the minimum wage, writes Anamika Roy for the Daily Record.Some are thankful for the time to plan; others have gone above state requirements and already pay their employees well above the minimum wage.

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