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House approves pay increases for state employees and higher education with narrow discretionary funding
Summary
The House passed Senate Bill 228 allocating a 3.5% cost-of-living increase and 1.5% discretionary compensation pool for state agency and higher education employees after defeating an amendment that would have raised COLA to 4% and cut discretionary funds to 1%. Debate focused on retention, parity with education funding, and executive discretion.
Representative Bigelow, floor sponsor for Senate Bill 228, described the bill as a compensation package for state employees and higher education that includes a 3.5% cost-of-living adjustment and a 1.5% discretionary compensation fund. He listed specific increases for judges and certain law-enforcement and…
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