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Opponents of minimum wage proposal raise a meager $20,000
Just days before early ballots go out, foes of a higher minimum wage finally have some money to spend on the campaign. But it’s just $20,000.
State Chamber of Commerce faces ‘uphill climb’ in opposing minimum wage measure
Three weeks before Arizonans start voting, a statewide business group has finally launched a campaign to kill Proposition 206.
Minimum wage measure cleared for November ballot
Arizonans will get to decide in November whether to hike the state’s minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2020.
Advocates of minimum wage hike raise more than $1.4 million
Proponents of hiking the state's minimum wage have already collected more than $1.4 million to put the issue on the November ballot and convince voters to support it.
Minimum wage hike foes want state high court to toss measure
Opponents of a voter initiative raising the state's minimum wage from $8.05 to $12 an hour by 2020 on Wednesday asked the Arizona Supreme Court to overrule a trial judge's decision that said they filed their challenge too late.
Minimum wage measure faces new obstacle
A bid to get a public vote to hike the state’s minimum wage is now facing a new hurdle.
Judge, your move
Late yesterday afternoon, supporters of the initiative to raise the minimum wage submitted their closing arguments in writing in the challenge brought by the Arizona Restaurant Assn that aims to toss the initiative from the ballot.
Minimum wage initiative at risk as judge rules many petitioners not qualified
A judge on Thursday ruled that dozens of people who circulated petitions to boost the minimum wage were not legally qualified to do so.
Judge refuses to slow signature validation for minimum wage initiative
A judge denied a request for a temporary restraining order that would have prevented the Secretary of State's Office from kick-starting the process of validating signatures collected on a ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage.
Business groups aim to keep pay measures off ballot
Two statewide business groups are trying to keep voters from deciding whether $12 an hour is too much for workers and $216 an hour is too little for hospital executives.
Restaurant group preparing to fight minimum wage ballot measure
The head of state’s restaurant industry is gearing up to convince voters to quash an initiative that would boost the state’s minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2020.
‘Fight for 12’ on track to make the ballot
With the July 7 deadline for citizen initiatives to submit signatures less than two weeks away, the campaign for a $12 minimum wage appears to be in good position to land on the November ballot.
