Also, tests from BP oil well aren't as good as hoped, and landlods fight Cortland student housing law.
View full sizeSacramento Superior Court Judge Patrick Marlette gestures as he discusses his decision to deny a request for a temporary restraining order to pay state employees minimum wage during a hearing Friday in in Sacramento, Calif.. Saying it would cause too much harm to employees, Marlette denied Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's request for a temporary restraining order that would have forced Controller John Chiang to pay the federal minimum wage immediately to about 200,000 state workers. The decision means state workers will continue to receive their full wages in July and August.From The Associated Press:
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A judge on Friday declined to force the state controller to comply with an order by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to pay state workers minimum wage while the state remains without a budget.Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Patrick Marlette denied the administration's request for a temporary restraining order that would have forced the controller to pay the federal minimum wage immediately to about 200,000 state workers. He ruled that it would cause too much harm to employees.
» Read the story: Judge rejects Schwarzenegger minimum wage request
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