The Arizona Court of Appeals has rejected a request by the city of Glendale to block a ballot measure that would set a minimum wage for hotel workers.
The city now faces paying the legal bills of a labor group named Worker Power that is behind the initiative.
The measure would add pay and benefit protections for hotel and event-center staff to Glendale’s city code. Voter approval would set a minimum wage with yearly cost of living increases, require that customer-service fees go to the worker who did the service, and set up other safeguards.
Glendale rejected the measure, calling it unconstitutional. But a superior court judge revived it and ordered the city to keep processing signatures.
Now, the state Court of Appeals has upheld the decision.
Worker Power is separately suing Glendale over a tax break given to the developer of a huge resort that has yet to open.
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The Arizona Supreme Court rejected motions by Cochise County Supervisor Tom Crosby to review and delay a trial stemming from his vote to delay certification of the county’s 2022 vote.
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Recorder Justin Heap, a Republican who took office in January, said in an update on Friday that the previous recorder had placed too much focus on external political communications.
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Arizona lawmakers want to make sure non-governmental groups aren’t confusing voters with election mail that looks like it’s coming from county recorders and other election officials.
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The Show sat down with former state school Superintendent Jaime Molera with the firm Molera Alvarez and Matt Grodsky with Matters of State Strategies.