Johns Hopkins plans to boost minimum wage to $15 an hour

By The Associated Press
May 6, 2021 | 8:54 AM

Johns Hopkins plans to boost the minimum wage at its university and health system to $15 an hour.

The institutions announced the increase that affects more than 6,000 workers in the state on Thursday.

Together they are the largest private employer in Maryland.

The increase also affects about 300 workers at Hopkins’ All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida.

The changes takes effect July 1 for university workers and on Jan. 1 for health system employees.

They come ahead of the 2025 target date for statewide adoption of a $15 minimum wage for businesses with at least 15 employees.

The Baltimore Sun reports that Hopkins officials don’t expect the increase to impact tuition or hospital rates.

Maryland Zoo’s lone female elephant moving as facility transitions to all-male herd

By Catherine Chen
August 23, 2026 | 5:48 PM

The Maryland Zoo is preparing to say goodbye to its only female African elephant as it changes to an all-male herd. Felix, a 43-year-old elephant who has lived at the Baltimore zoo for 19 years, will move to another facility later this week. Zoo officials said the move is in Felix’s best interest because it will give her opportunities to socialize with other female elephants. Her interaction with other females have been limited since the zoo’s other female elephant died in 2024. “We will all miss her but having social companionship in a female herd is the best thing for Felix’s overall well-being,” Mammal Curator Erin Cantwell Grimm said.

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