PHOENIX (AP) - The Latest on a legal challenge to Arizona’s new minimum wage increase (all times local):
2:45 p.m.
A judge rejected an effort from business groups to immediately block a voter-approved increase in Arizona’s minimum wage that takes effect in just over two weeks.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Daniel Kiley said Friday it wouldn’t be fair to temporarily halt the increase since the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry only sued the previous day. Instead, he set a hearing for next week to consider the suit.
Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s office is defending the law along with backers of Proposition 206.
Voters approved the measure raising the minimum wage from $8.05 an hour to $10 on Jan. 1 and to $12 in 2020 on Nov. 8.
The Chamber lawsuit says the new law saddles the state with new costs without identifying a funding source. It also claims Proposition 206 illegally added a second issue, mandatory paid time off.
Chamber President Glenn Hamer calls the initiative “sloppily written” while a Proposition 206 lawyer called the case extremely weak.
3 a.m.
A last-gasp lawsuit challenging a new voter-approved law raising the minimum wage is set for its first court hearing.
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge will hear from attorneys for the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry at a hearing Friday. The Chamber lawsuit says the new law saddles the state with new costs without identifying a funding source. It also claims Proposition 206 illegally added a second issue, mandatory paid time off.
Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s office will defend the law, which raises the minimum wage from $8.05 an hour to $10 on Jan. 1 and to $12 in 2020. Proposition 206 backers say they’ll ask to join the defense.
Chamber President Glenn Hamer calls the initiative “sloppily written” while a Proposition 206 lawyer called the case extremely weak.
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