LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers acted illegally when they agreed to take 3 percent from the pay of government employees and earmark it for retirees' health care, the state appeals court said Friday.
The court said lawmakers in 2010 simply were trying to fill a budget hole when they couldn't muster enough votes to kill 3 percent raises for state employees.
A three-judge panel said the move violated the Michigan Constitution and trampled the work of the Civil Service Commission, which had approved the raises in contracts with union-covered employees.
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