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Friday, March 6, 2009
News State legislators want a pay raise
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 12:20 PM
Um, don't they have anything else to do besides worry about their personal bank accounts. You know, like the large number of North Carolina citizens who no longer receive a paycheck at all?
State legislators are looking for another way to raise their pay.Two bills filed in the legislature this session attempt to change the system under which lawmakers determine their annual salaries and mileage reimbursements.
One would tie increases to pay raises given – by the legislature – to state workers. The other would create a citizen commission that would weigh in with advice based on how other states pay their legislators.
Read the rest of this Charlotte Observer article here.
Review the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics' "North Carolina Economy at a glance" page here.
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