Michigan House looks to fast-track minimum wage hike

Michigan Public | By Stateside Staff

Published May 27, 2014 at 4:41 PM EDT

Michigan Capitol Building, Lansing, Michigan

We know that last week the state Senate gave speedy approval to a minimum wage measure.

Now the House is giving a fast-track to its own version, and both are designed to kill off a citizen petition drive to put the question of raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour on the November ballot.

Why is the House acting on this issue so quickly?

And what do Michigan voters think about raising the minimum wage?

Kathleen Gray, a political reporter for the Detroit Free Press, joined us from the State Capitol.

*Listen to the story above.

Stateside Staff