Quite a few times I've blogged about Chicago's big-box "living wage" bill. Sponsored by Alderman Joe Moore, the legislation would've forced stores such as Wal-Mart to pay their employees more than smaller retailers pay their workers.
The bill died with Mayor Richard Daley's veto.
In Maryland, the same anti-Wal-Mart sentiments that drove Moore to write his legislation were behind a bill--that temporarily became law--that would've effectively forced only Wal-Mart to pay more for their employees' health insurance.
Last year a federal district court ruled that the Maryland law violated federal law.
And yesterday, a federal appeals court agreed with the lower court's decision.
Hat tip to Marshall Manson for the story.
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