OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - The state’s citizens’ salary commission has approved an 11 percent raise over two years for state legislators at a time when lawmakers are negotiating much smaller raises for state workers.
The Seattle Times reports (https://bit.ly/1IDbro3 ) that The Washington Citizens’ Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials approved the pay raise for legislators Wednesday on a 10-5 vote. The pay raise will be the first since 2008 and comes after two proposals for smaller increases for state lawmakers failed.
Legislators are halfway through a special session to negotiate a two-year state operating budget that is expected to include raises for state workers and teachers. Those raises would most likely increase by about 5 percent over two years.
The pay increases for lawmakers are expected to go into effect Sept. 1.
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Information from: The Seattle Times, https://www.seattletimes.com
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