The Alaska Legislature has voted unanimously to block raises for the state’s governor, lieutenant governor and the commissioners in charge of state departments. (From alaskabeacon)
In a news conference last month, Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, said the salary commission has failed to address compensation issues and that state salaries for top positions are too low.
On Monday, he said he is drafting legislation to manually adjust the salaries of legislators and top executive branch officials. “The reality is, we need to fairly compensate people or they’re just not going to leave a job that pays them well to come to serve the state,” he said.Speaker of the House Cathy Tilton, R-Wasilla, said that even if the Senate passes a salary bill, the House could see issues differently.She said her caucus hasn’t come up with a unified position on salary changes.
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