a:3:{s:16:"field_story_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:1052:"<span style="font-size: medium;">&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 1.5;">Governor Snyder signed the new minimum wage bill into law on Tuesday, May 27 that will raise Michigan's minimum wage to $9.25 an hour by 2018 and link future increases to the rate of inflation.</span>  </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The compromise bill was designed to sidestep a petition drive seeking to raise the rate to $10.10 an hour for all employees. Activists are expected to turn in signatures Wednesday, but because the new law repeals the old, the potential ballot proposal could be rendered moot.</span></p>
<p class="p4"><span style="font-size: medium;">To read more on the new minimum wage bill the Governor signed and who voted for it go online at:</span></p>
<p class="p4"><a href="http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2014/05/how_they_voted_michigan_lawmak.html#incart_2box"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2014/05/how_they_voted_michigan_lawmak.html#incart_2box</span></a></p>";s:6:"format";s:1:"2";}}s:17:"field_story_image";a:1:{i:0;a:10:{s:3:"fid";s:4:"4155";s:4:"list";s:1:"1";s:4:"data";a:3:{s:11:"description";s:0:"";s:3:"alt";s:0:"";s:5:"title";s:0:"";}s:3:"uid";s:1:"1";s:8:"filename";s:8:"wage.jpg";s:8:"filepath";s:37:"sites/default/files/images/wage_0.jpg";s:8:"filemime";s:10:"image/jpeg";s:8:"filesize";s:5:"64310";s:6:"status";s:1:"1";s:9:"timestamp";s:10:"1401287860";}}s:12:"field_weight";a:1:{i:0;a:1:{s:5:"value";s:2:"20";}}}