How we got here: Michigan’s minimum wage and pay for tipped workers set for drastic changes
The case eventually made its way to the Michigan Supreme Court. On July 31, in a 4-3 ruling,the highest court in the state ordered that both ballot initiatives be reinstated as originally adopted.
The adopt and amend strategy “violated the people’s constitutionally guaranteed right to propose and enact laws through the initiative process,” Justice Elizabeth Welch wrote in the majority opinion