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After judge tosses Miami Beach living wage ordinance, Phil Levine may pursue constitutional amendment

Published on March 28, 2017 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

The City of Miami Beach lost the first round of a battle to raise the minimum living wage to $13.31 an hour. Nevertheless, Mayor Philip Levine vows he will fight back, possibly with a constitutional amendment to get the law through. After Levine signed the law last June to gradually raise Miami Beach’s minimum wage from the state’s $8.10 to $13.31 by 2021, a number of business groups filed suit. On Monday, Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Peter R. Lopez ruled the ordinance was not valid under…

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Bill doesn’t lift prohibition on plastic bag bans but does allow pilot programs

Published on April 8, 2015 in Top Headlines by Bruce Ritchie

A pilot program is a small step — but it is a step forward nonetheless, critics of disposable plastic shopping bags said Wednesday. A Senate committee on Wednesday approved a bill that allows coastal communities to create a 2-1/2-year pilot program to regulate or ban plastic bags. Critics say plastic bags become litter that choke waterways and often are eaten by sea turtles and other marine life because they look like jellyfish. California enacted a statewide ban in 2014. But…

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