Four of the six statewide elected officials on Beacon Hill have rejected bumps in their salary this year, despite being entitled to increases worth as much as.
Not many members of the Massachusetts Legislature will refuse to accept a recent pay raise. Only two members, Democrat Representatives Chris Hendricks of New Bedford and Anne Gobi of Spencer, have indicated that they will not take the pay raise. Several others plan to take the money and donate it to charity.
Four of the six statewide elected officials – Gov. Charlie Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, Attorney General Maura Healey, and Treasurer Deb Goldberg – have also declined the pay raise.
Under a 2017 law enacted by state lawmakers, the governor must decide based on several factors, including median household income, whether to adjust the pay of the Commonwealth s constitutional officers and members of the legislature. Using the formula approved in 2017, constitutional officers are eligible for a 4.89 percent increase in their base pay while legislators would get a 6.46 percent base pay increase.
ROCK SPRINGS The second group of 10 Wyoming National Guard members will end their assignment at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County on Friday.
Members of the Wyoming Military Department recently were requested by the Wyoming Department of Health, and activated by Gov. Mark Gordon, to temporarily assist with voluntary contact tracing efforts and other associated administrative tasks at healthcare facilities across the state.
This is the second group dispatched to help provide relief at Sweetewater Memorial. This group includes Megan McLaughlin, Hannah Zambri, Deanna Wagner, Michael Scherbel, Andrew Guinn, Alexander Stanley and William Romke, all of Wyoming; Robert Miknis and Chris Hendricks of Colorado; and Nancy Scott of Nebraska.