Gov. Snyder Signs Bill Upping Minimum Wage to $9.25 by 2018

Gov. Rick Snyder

 Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill Tuesday night upping the minimum wage to $9.25 per hour by 2018.

The bill passed the House by a 76-34 vote and by a 24-12 margin in the Senate, according to Kathleen Gray of the Detroit Free Press..

Gray writes:

The quick passage came so the bill can become law before a group pushing for a $10.10 minimum wage turns in its signatures to get that rate on the November ballot. The Raise Michigan coalitions, which spearheaded the petition drive, still plans to turn more than 300,000 signatures into the Secretary of State on Wednesday. But the petitions become moot because the law the initiative is trying to change was repealed by the Legislature today.