By Alia Beard Rau | The Republic | azcentral.com
Arizona cities have the right to raise their own minimum wages, according to a court judgment state officials agreed to Monday.
A group of Flagstaff residents in April sued the state over a law that prohibits cities from raising the minimum wage. Group members argued that the cost of living in Flagstaff is nearly impossible to afford on the state’s current minimum wage of $8.05 an hour.
On Monday, Attorney General Mark Brnovich agreed to a Maricopa County Superior Court judgment stating that the 2013 law limiting minimum-wage increases conflicts with Proposition 202, a measure Arizona voters approved in 2006 allowing cities to regulate wages and benefits via ordinance.
The wages cannot be lower than the state’s minimum wage.
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