Mass. lawmakers to receive 5.5 percent pay hike
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Mass. lawmakers to receive 5.5 percent pay hike
BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts lawmakers are set to receive a 5.5 percent pay hike, even as they prepare to make deep cuts to state services. The increase would lift lawmakers' base pay from $58,237 to $61,440 - an increase of just over $3,200 a year. Many lawmakers make more than the base pay with some heads of committees making an additional $7,500 or $15,000. Under a state law approved by voters in 1998, lawmakers' pay rises or falls every two years in sync with the state's median household income. The law requires the governor to determine the change to the read more
NECN | January 8, 2009
