Voters to decide on pay raises
Voters should have a chance next year to put into the constitution what they told legislators last year: “Don’t vote yourselves a pay raise during your current term in office.” The House on Monday unanimously approved Senate Bill 67 by state Sen. Joe McPherson, D-Woodworth, which requires that any raise granted to state officials and the Public Service Commission won’t go into effect during that four-year term. Raises would not go into effect until a new set of legislators or statewide officials are elected.