Last October, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge James Smith blocked Arizona from collecting $1.1 million from the city of Flagstaff to compensate for its minimum wage that is higher than the state’s rate, ruling that the state missed a deadline for the assessment and was stretching a law targeting higher voter-approved city wages to collect its … Read more
Arizona’s minimum wage is set to increase from $12.15 an hour to $12.80 an hour on Jan. 1 under a citizens initiative approved by the state’s voters in 2016. Arizona Minimum Wage Going up to $12.80 an Hour on Jan. 1. The measure was opposed by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, Republicans in the Arizona Legislature, … Read more
Tucson is a low-wage town in a low-wage stingy state. Tucson Fight for $15 is on the Nov. 2022 ballot. If passed by the voters, this proposition will raise the local minimum wage to $15 by 2025 and create worker protections.
With Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan attending his father in laws funeral, Vice President Kamala Harris was able to sleep in today and not have to break a tie in the United States Senate as Democrats, in a 50 to 49 vote, passed their version of the American Rescue Plan. Saying “help is on the way,” … Read more
The Democrats need to make a deal to raise the minimum wage. Yesterday, (February 28, 2021,) Senate Democrats announced that they would not pursue their “Plan B” of placing tax penalities on billion-dollar corporations to entice corporate leaders to ensure their workers make at least $15.00 an hour. Apparently, tax credits for small businesses that … Read more