Bureau: Minimum wage, sick time drives have enough signatures
LANSING (AP) — The state elections bureau says enough voter signatures have been submitted by proponents of ballot drives to raise the minimum wage and require employers to provide paid sick time.
The bureau released reports Tuesday. The Board of State Canvassers could certify the signatures at a meeting Thursday.
Business groups have challenged the petitions, but the challenges were rejected by the bureau. A lawsuit filed by restaurants opposing the minimum wage proposal is pending in the courts.
If certified, the measures would go to the Republican-led Legislature. If it did not act, the proposals would be placed on the November ballot.
Proponents want to gradually raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour and require a minimum amount of earned sick time, depending on the size of a business.
Ex-union official pleads guilty in corruption probe
DETROIT (AP) — A union official who helped negotiate a contract with Fiat Chrysler and was charged with accepting luxuries worth tens of thousands of dollars has pleaded guilty to conspiracy.
Nancy Johnson pleaded guilty Monday to violating the Labor Management Relations Act. Four counts of accepting prohibited money or valuables were dropped.
She faces a maximum of 18 months in prison at her scheduled sentencing Nov. 19.
Johnson was the sixth person charged in a scheme to strip millions from a Detroit worker training center financed by Fiat Chrysler.
Johnson worked for the United Auto Workers and served on the 2015 negotiating committee.
Lady Antebellum calls police lip sync of its song ‘amazing’
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police department’s entry in a lip sync challenge sweeping the nation has gotten rave reviews — including from the country music group whose song is featured.
Middletown police Chief Rodney Muterspaw says he’s “overwhelmed” by the response to a video his department created as part of a national lip sync challenge among police departments.
The Hamilton-Middletown Journal-News reports among fans of the video is the band Lady Antebellum, which tweeted that the police department's cover of its song “Need You Now” is “amazing.”
The police chief said some officers were reluctant at first but everyone seemed to enjoy the experience.
Police: Two men on motorcycle with stolen fish tank arrested
NILES, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio say two men on a motorcycle, with the passenger holding a large, boxed fish tank, have been arrested after an officer passed them while responding to a pet store’s report of a stolen aquarium.
The Niles police Facebook page says the passenger jumped off, breaking the aquarium, when the officer turned to follow the motorcycle Monday.
Another officer found the bike at another location and a “nervous-looking” man pruning a tree with his bare hands behind a home. He was identified as the bike’s operator.
Court officials say Mitchell Adkins, 52, and Christopher Binion, 46, have pleaded not guilty to theft charges.
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