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.
-
State Sen. J.D. Mesnard says 90 — 30 senators and 60 representatives — is too few. So he is proposing to add 30 more to the state House. -
Proposals mandating more Arizona legislators, state agencies sharing data on undocumented immigrants and rules around photo radar are under discussion at the state Capitol. -
Arizona is poised to have a mine inspector race. The office has a Democratic challenger for the first time since 2018. -
A grassroots coalition of Arizona parents and educators filed the final text of a school voucher reform initiative with the secretary of state this week. That was the final step before volunteers can start collecting signatures in order to send the issue to voters. -
Jaime Molera and Sam Richard joined The Show talk about a pair of federal investigations into the 2020 election in Arizona, some changes in congressional races and more.
