Legislative Pay News Today

Vermont lawmakers have introduced a more modest boost to legislative pay than the one Gov. Phil Scott vetoed last year, but the bump would still...

Starting July 1, Alaska’s governor will be paid approximately $176,000 per year, the lieutenant governor about $140,000, and commissioners will receive about $168,000 per year. Legislators will be paid $84,000 per year, up from $50,400, starting next January.

They say this bill is focused on future lawmakers because pay increases would not begin until the next biennium in 2025.

Following a historic level of turnover in the Vermont legislature last year, lawmakers are considering giving themselves a big raise next biennium. Under a bill...

By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican New Mexico lawmakers are still hoping to end their status as the only unpaid Legislature in the country before they adjourn for the year later this month. While a resolution that would do this hasn’t passed either the House or Senate yet, supporters of a paid Legislature […]