The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled the state Legislature acted appropriately when it watered down a law that raised the state’s minimum wage.
The court case stems from a 2018 voter led referendum that sought to raise the minimum wage.
Under Michigan law, the legislature has the option to either adopt the law or pass it along to voters.
The then-Republican-led legislature opted to adopt the law. But then it changed the language to drastically scale back the wage increase, a process called “adopt and amend.”
The legal question was whether adopt and amend was legal under the state constitution. The Michigan Court of Claims said no.
But now, the state court of appeals has said yes. That means the scaled-back version of the law stands for now.
Groups behind the referendum say they will appeal to the Michigan Supreme Court.