Flagstaff asks court to void minimum wage assessment
Young waiter washing plates while standing in cafe for minimum wage. (DEPOSIT PHOTO)
The outcome of a legal fight between Flagstaff and state lawmakers could affect the decision by residents of other cities whether they want to impose their own minimum wage.
Attorney Roopali Desai, who represents the city, wants a judge to void a provision in the new state budget assessing the city more than $1.1 million. That is supposed to represent the additional costs borne by the state between the current $12.15 an hour in Arizona law and the higher figure approved by Flagstaff voters in 2016, currently set at $15.
A Penalty for Higher Wages
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Arizona s 2022 election is already filling up with ballot measures
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Arizona Legislature set to send initiative changes to ballot
By Bob Christie
Western states test ballot (file photo).
PHOENIX - Republican lawmakers are poised to send two more measures changing the rules for citizen initiatives to the ballot for voter approval, joining another one that was referred to the 2022 ballot on Friday.
The measures that were cleared for Senate debate Monday would ask voters to change the state Constitution to require a supermajority vote to pass their own laws and to confine them to a single subject. Both already passed the House and are now expected to get Senate votes in the coming days as the GOP-controlled Legislature races to adjourn for the year.