Justices schedule July arguments on minimum wage
LANSING (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court says it will hear arguments on July 17 about whether to wade into a dispute over changes in the minimum wage and paid sick time.
The Republican-controlled Legislature in September approved an increase in the minimum wage to $12 by 2022, instead of putting it on the fall ballot. But lawmakers after the election returned and changed it to $12.05 by 2030. Gov. Rick Snyder signed it.
The issue is whether the Legislature’s shift was legal after citizens submitted enough petition signatures to get the wage question on the ballot. Lawmakers also approved a paid sick-leave law and then scaled it back.
The Supreme Court has been asked for an advisory opinion.
Court rejects appeal of Nassar sentence
CHARLOTTE (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from former sports doctor Larry Nassar, which means a 40-year prison sentence for assaulting gymnasts will stand.
Nassar is under two identical sentences from judges in two Michigan counties. The Supreme Court’s brief order covers the sentence for molesting gymnasts at an Eaton County gym, near Lansing. The court declined to take Nassar’s appeal.
Separately, the state appeals court still is reviewing a 40-year sentence handed down in Ingham County. The court is considering whether Nassar’s rights were violated by provocative remarks from Judge Rosemarie Aquilina.
Nassar worked at Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics, which trains elite gymnasts. Even before his state sentences begin, he’s serving decades in federal prison for possessing child pornography.
States try to block money from going to Trump’s border wall
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California and 19 other states that are suing President Donald Trump over his emergency declaration to build a border wall have requested a court order to stop money from being diverted to fund the project.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Friday that the group took action to prevent $1.6 billion from being siphoned away from fighting drug trafficking and funding military construction projects.
Becerra says it’s important to block the diversion of funds before it happens because it will harder to replace if the money is committed to border wall construction .
The action is part of the states’ lawsuit challenging Trump's emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
The coalition says the declaration was unconstitutional because it bypasses the role of Congress to authorize funding.
Shoplifter stuffs chain saw down his pants
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A California business owner says store surveillance video recorded a man stealing a small chain saw by stuffing it down his pants.
Jeff Bennett of RG Equipment tells the Fresno Bee his security camera caught the theft Wednesday afternoon.
The video shows the man take the chain saw from a display, stuff the blade down his pants and cover the engine assembly with his jacket.
Bennett says the man drove off in a pickup truck. He believes an accomplice was watching the store the week before.
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