The pendulum has swung again in Kansas City, Missouri on the question of municipal minimum wages as KC voters this week overwhelmingly approved a ballot question to raise the city minimum wage, but the vote is only a symbolic one due to the state legislature having preempted local wage mandates. The specific Kansas City measure,…
Read More »Right to work isn’t the only issue generating news in Missouri as this week the state Supreme Court ordered Kansas City to put a minimum wage initiative that could ultimately lead to a $15 minimum wage on the municipal ballot. Missouri law preempts local communities from establishing their own minimum wages higher than that of…
Read More »We’re happy to advise that the Missouri legislature overrode (by only a single vote in the senate) a veto by Governor Jay Nixon of a bill that prohibits local communities from establishing their own minimum wage in excess of the state minimum of $7.65 an hour. You will recall that earlier this summer, the state’s…
Read More »The issue of minimum wage increases continues to generate much by way of news and headlines around the country. In Seattle, the International Franchise Association (IFA) was back in court this past week formally appealing an earlier decision by a lower court that denied their motion for an injunction against the Seattle minimum wage law. …
Read More »In Kansas City, the city council approved a city minimum wage, notwithstanding the general assembly passing a ban on local minimum wages. The statewide bill is still in limbo however, as it was vetoed by Governor Jay Nixon earlier this month. The General Assembly is expected to take a vote on overriding his veto in…
Read More »Kansas City, Missouri became the latest big city in the nation to adopt its own minimum wage when the KC City Council voted 12 – 1 last week to impose a city minimum wage of $8.50 effective August 28. The issue is certain to be challenged legally however, as existing Missouri law prohibits local communities…
Read More »In the seemingly endless weekly drumbeat of minimum wage issues around the country, we see some quick movement in the cities of St. Louis and Kansas City in Missouri. The drive stems from a pending bill that ironically prohibits cities/towns from establishing their own minimum wage and from banning plastic bags. HB722, which passed the…
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