The Kansas City Council has agreed to put a citizen group's minimum wage petition on the November ballot.
The Kansas City Star reports the petition seeks a local minimum wage increase to $15 per hour by 2020. The council had to authorize the ballot question by Thursday to meet election authorities' deadline for the Nov. 3 election.
The council earlier approved its own ordinance increasing the city's base wage to $13 per hour by 2020.
But both efforts may become lost causes. That's because the Missouri General Assembly has a special veto session beginning Sept. 16, when lawmakers will try to override a governor's veto and put in place a law prohibiting cities like Kansas City from adopting any minimum wage above the state-mandated level of $7.65 per hour.
