LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) _ A business group is asking Arkansas’ highest court to disqualify a proposal from the November ballot that would raise the state’s minimum wage, claiming that thousands of invalid signatures were submitted in support of the measure.
Arkansans for a Strong Economy filed the lawsuit on Tuesday with the state Supreme Court challenging the proposal, which would gradually raise the state’s minimum wage to $11 an hour by 2021.
The organization was formed by industry groups, including the state Chamber of Commerce and the Arkansas Hospitality Association, in opposition to the minimum wage hike proposal.
State officials last month said the campaign behind the wage increase measure turned in more than the 67,887 signatures from registered voters needed to qualify for the ballot.
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