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The special state House committee formed to amend Michigan’s tipped wage and sick-time leave laws meets for the first time this week in Lansing. The chair of the committee, Republican Representative Bill G. Schuette, joins It’s Just Politics to discuss his goals for the bills.

A Republican-led state House special committee opened hearings Tuesday on scaling back parts of an initiative to increase the state minimum wage and guarantee workers paid sick leave.

Today, the impacts of increasing minimum wage on business owners. Then, the story of a citizen and veteran assumed immigrant and threatened with deportation. Plus, a visit to the Auto Show.

A University of Michigan think tank has upgraded its expectations for annual worker earnings in the state. The Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics released its projections Friday.

Supporters of a state law to raise the minimum wage for everyone in Michigan — regardless of whether they make tips — say lawmakers should leave it be.

Today, we talk about things to think about as Michigan contemplates changes with minimum wages for tipped workers. Also, writer Michael Spradlin on adapting the political run-up to the Third Reich into a story young people can grasp. Plus: chef Abra Berens has ideas about what to do with the insanely prolific bounteous harvest of Michigan fruit available at your grocery or farmers’ market.

President Joe Biden signed an executive order to prioritize better paying jobs in government contracts during a visit to the Ann Arbor area Friday.

A study from the Education Policy Innovation Collaborative at Michigan State University says yearly wages for the state's teachers have slid behind the national average.

A look at the UAW's history of solidarity, a dementia friendly movie screening, the 145th anniversary of Michigan’s first phone book and why they are important, and the launch of our very own pizza podcast — Dough Dynasty.

A university spokesman said the strike violates the current union contract that remains in place until May 1.