The state of Michigan had finally decided that paying sub-poverty wages was unacceptable, and were signing a Democratic ballot initiative to amend the state constitution in droves. The change would have raised the minimum wage to $6.85 per hour (from $5.15) and tied it to inflation. Which was unacceptable to state Republicans, who upped the ante by a dime (to $6.95) but took away the indexing. The change will take effect less than two months before the elections in November. So now, if the amendment makes it to the ballot, what people will see it doing in the short term is lowering the minimum wage, making it very likely to fail. Which is a shame, because an indexed minimum wage is the only way to prevent minimum wages from getting ridiculously out of line with reality (as they are now).
Of course, that assumes you think a minimum wage is a good thing. Lots of people claim that the market would take care of itself. I am not one of them....