What the Michigan primary says about what’s next for minimum wage and paid sick leave
The high turnout numbers in the primary election explain that many Michiganders will likely turn out to vote in November for the general, according to a reporter for The Detroit News.
There’s been a lot of political news in Michigan as of late, including the primaries on Tuesday. The results of those elections leave a lot of questions about how our political parties are adapting to new political maps.
But, what’s more, it appears that Michigan’s minimum wage and paid sick leave policies will change significantly in about the next seven months.
“What [Republicans] did was they adopted the measures before the election, keeping them off the ballot, and in doing so, they gave themselves the ability to return after election day and amend them in the lame duck session.” — Craig Mauger, state government and politics reporter for The Detroit News
Listen: How the Michigan GOP tried to stop minimum wage and paid sick leave laws from changing much.
Craig Mauger covers state government and politics for The Detroit News. He says Republicans were afraid that Michigan residents would vote to increase the minimum wage and mandate paid sick leave from businesses, so they prevented it from happening in 2018.
“What [Republicans] did was they adopted the measures before the election, keeping them off the ballot, and in doing so, they gave themselves the ability to return after election day and amend them in the lame duck session,” says Mauger.
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