The state argued in a new brief filed in federal court that the state’s minimum wage law — which prevents cities from raising their minimum wages — is not racially motivated but is instead an ordinary piece of economic legislation aimed at maintaining a uniform wage floor across the state.
Attorney General Steve Marshall filed the brief last week in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals as part of ongoing litigation over the law passed in 2016 after Birmingham attempted to raise its minimum wage to $10 an hour.
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