Voters took to the polls in November and approved big hikes in fourstates’ minimum wages: Washington State, Colorado, Maine andArizona.
But the increases may not actually take effect as votersintended because elected representatives -- mostly Republicans --are moving to rein them in. In Washington, where voters opted for a$13.50 an hour minimum wage by 2020, and Maine, where it was set torise to $12 that year, state legislators have proposed a battery ofbills to water down the increases. The city council in Flagstaff,Arizona has done the same to a local initiative that would haveboosted the wage floor to $12 this year, sooner than the statewideincrease.
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