LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) _ A former Arkansas Appeals Court judge has been
appointed to review claims thousands of signatures submitted in favor of a
proposal to raise the state’s minimum wage should be invalidated.
The state Supreme Court on Thursday named Sam Bird as a “special master” to
review the claims in the lawsuit trying to get the proposed wage increase
disqualified from the November ballot. Justices ordered Bird to file his report
with them by September 24.
A campaign organized by the state chamber of commerce and other business groups
filed the lawsuit challenging the minimum wage measure’s petitions earlier this
week. The proposal would raise Arkansas’ minimum to $11 an hour by 2021.
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